Blaine County, Oklahoma
| Blaine County, Oklahoma | |
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 Location in the U.S. state of Oklahoma |
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 Oklahoma's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | May 2, 1890 |
| Named for | James G. Blaine |
| Seat | Watonga |
| Largest city | Watonga |
| Area | |
| • Total | 939 sq mi (2,432 km2) |
| • Land | 928 sq mi (2,404 km2) |
| • Water | 10 sq mi (26 km2), 1.1% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2014) | 9,917 |
| • Density | 13/sq mi (5/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | blaine |
Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,785. Its county seat is Watonga. Blaine County is the birthplace of voice actor Clarence Nash, the voice of Disney's Donald Duck.
Part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho land opening in 1892, the county had gained rail lines by the early 1900s and highways by the 1930s. The county was named for James G. Blaine, an American politician who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1884 and Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.
Blaine County was one of several counties created by the Land Run of 1892. It was designated as county "C" beginning in 1890 before the land run. The area was settled by Creek and Seminole, who the federal government relocated to the area in the 1820s and 1830s. The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes were relocated to the area from Colorado in 1869, after the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866 had taken the land back from the Creek and Seminole.
The land run was held after giving members of the tribe allotments of 160 acres (0.65 km2) each.
A post office established in the county seat of Watonga, Oklahoma the same year as the land run. The Enid and Anadarko Railway and the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad both ran lines through the county from 1901 to 1903. The Blaine County Courthouse was built in 1906.
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