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Country
  
United States

County
  
Pittsburg

GNIS feature ID
  
1090251

Zip code
  
74528

Local time
  
Saturday 2:39 PM

State
  
Oklahoma

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
217 m

Area code
  
Area codes 918 and 539

Blanco, Oklahoma

Weather
  
19°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 28% Humidity

Blanco is a rural unincorporated community located on State Highway 63 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The ZIP code is 74528.

Contents

Map of Blanco, OK 74501, USA

History

The community was named for Ramón Blanco y Erenas, one-time governor general of Cuba. The post office opened August 31, 1901.

Notable people

  • Pryor McBee, Major League Baseball pitcher, was born in Blanco in 1901.
  • Royce H. Savage, United States Federal Court judge, was born in Blanco in 1904.
  • Gene Stipe, the longest-serving member of the Oklahoma Senate, was born in Blanco in 1926.

    • References

    Blanco, Oklahoma Wikipedia
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