Coalton, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Populated place in Oklahoma, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

Coalton is a populated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.{{cite gnis|1091525|Coalton|May 27, 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://oklahoma.hometownlocator.com/ok/okmulgee/coalton.cfm |title=Coalton: Basic Facts and Information|publisher=HomeTownLocator|accessdate=May 8, 2021}} It is less than 11 miles south of the City of Okmulgee, and just east of US Route 62/US Route 75.{{cite web|url= https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Okmulgee,+OK/Coalton,+OK+74437/@35.5609136,-96.0207331,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x87b42461fd10bb81:0xd61018bacc70b608!2m2!1d-95.9515399!2d35.6266957!1m5!1m1!1s0x87b43982c3a85123:0x5d207935d4633865!2m2!1d-95.9391634!2d35.4976051 |title=Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Coalton, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=May 8, 2021}} In the Henryetta Coal Formation coal-mining region and an oil-producing area,In 1910 the Smith and Swan Oil Company discovered the Coalton Pool with the sinking of what came to be known as the "picnic well," because the company held a picnic on the site on the day of discovery. {{cite web|url= https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5dbb9331-745d-40ac-a547-341a3153ba87 |title= National Register of Historic Places, Multiple Property Documentation Form, ‘Energy-Related Properties in Northeastern Oklahoma,’ Section E, Page 11|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=May 8, 2021}} the town in its heyday had its own newspaper, The Coalton Enterprise,{{cite web|url= https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1777340/ |title=The Coalton Enterprise, Vol. 1, Number 1, November 4, 1915|publisher= Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=May 8, 2021}} and was along the route of the shortline Coalton Railway, later called the Okmulgee Northern Railway, which operated from Okmulgee south along the Deep Fork River carrying the coal out of the Coalton, Schulter and Dewar producing areas from 1916 to 1964.{{cite web|url= http://archives.etypeservices.com/Henryetta1/Magazine203752/Publication/Magazine203752.pdf|title=Refuge Racoon’s Words on Wildlife, I Hear the Train A’Coming|publisher=Henryetta Free-Lance, January 26, 2018 (accessed on eTypes Archives)|access-date=January 26, 2021}} The Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals from 1943 shows production by two coal companies in Coalton—Coalton Coal Company and Davis Coal Company—of almost 17,000 tons annually.{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/24961 |title=Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals, 1943, page 15|publisher=Oklahoma Digital Prairie|accessdate=May 8, 2021}}