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Welcome to Cantonment ...

So far, we found very little information about Cantonment. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cantonment to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cantonment, please Contact Us.

Cantonment would have been located within present day Blaine County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Cantonment, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Cantonment, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Time Zone: The area where Cantonment was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Cantonment ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cantonment - it's located in Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cantonment.

Communities near Cantonment ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cantonment.

  • Fairview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Okeene
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Seiling
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Canton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Taloga
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Longdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hitchcock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchcock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock
    • Hitchcock is located in Blaine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hitchcock <4>
  • Oakwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Southard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Eagle City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
    • Eagle City is located in Blaine County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cantonment. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cantonment.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cantonment. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cantonment.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cantonment. See our Newspapers Page for Cantonment.

Adding Cantonment to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Cantonment was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Cantonment post office opened in 1879.

We also found Cantonment in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cantonment.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cantonment, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Blaine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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