Blanchard is a city in McClain and Grady counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 7,670 at the 2010 census, up from 2,816 at the 2000 census. Blanchard is allocation of a suddenly growing area of northern McClain and Grady counties known as the “Tri-City Area” with Newcastle and Tuttle.

The middle of Blanchard is situated in Township 8 North, Range 4 West, Section 30 in northwestern McClain County. Named after William G. “Bill” Blanchard, the community was organized originally by the Canadian Valley Construction Company, which also planned to construct a railroad. However, the company went into bankruptcy, and the railroad came below the run of the Oklahoma Central Railroad which furthermore experienced financial problems. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway took greater than and completed the line.

The townsite was received by three lot sales beginning with the Canadian Valley Construction Company sale upon September 19, 1906. The second sale was held on July 18, 1907, and solution lots were sold on March 25, 1908, by the Blanchard Townsite Company. Within a year the town was described as having forty thing establishments, including a declare and a national bank, four blacksmith shops, three livery barns, two grain elevators, and a weekly newspaper.

Several captivation dates are reported in various publications nearly the chronicles of Blanchard, and the town offices as well. The most honorable source seems to be the Blanchard Record of October 25, 1907, which reported, “That Blanchard is now an incorporated town is realized by but a few of our citizens. The petition praying for immersion was deferentially acted on at the courts at Chickasha [sic] last week. On or just about November 19 broadcast of an election of officers will be given. In the meantime, candidates will be chosen.”