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Blaine County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- James G. Blaine
- Seat
- Watonga
- Largest city
- Watonga
- Total
- 939 sq mi (2,430 km )
- Land
- 928 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,515
- Density
- 9.3/sq mi (3.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- blaine .okcounties .org
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Encyclopedic overview
Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,735. Its county seat is Watonga. 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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaine County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.