Blanco, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 34°45′04″N 95°46′28″W / 34.751209°N 95.774432°W / 34.751209; -95.774432

Blanco is a rural unincorporated community located on State Highway 63 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.^[1] The post office opened August 31, 1901. The ZIP code is 74528. The community was named for Ramón Blanco y Erenas, one-time governor general of Cuba.

Notable people

• Gene Stipe, the longest-serving member of the Oklahoma Senate was born in Blanco in 1926.^[2]

Notes

Further reading

• Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2.

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