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Welcome to Blocton ...

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

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


Blocton would have been located within present day Bibb County<2>.


The location of Blocton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Blocton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Blocton is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Blocton still existed, it would have been in the (205) and (269)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Blocton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blocton - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Blocton ...

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

  • Alabaster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alabaster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
    • Alabaster is located in Shelby County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,701 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alabaster <6>
  • Helena
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Helena is located in Shelby County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,374 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <6>
  • Montevallo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Brent
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lake View
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
  • Centreville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
    • Centreville is located in Bibb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
  • Brookwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood
    • Brookwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,833 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookwood <6>
  • Vance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Vance is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <6>
  • Coaling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaling have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
    • Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
  • Woodstock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Woodstock is located in Bibb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <6>

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 Blocton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blocton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blocton. 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 Blocton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blocton. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Blocton.

Adding Blocton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blocton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Blocton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Blocton post office opened in 1884.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blocton.

The official website for Bibb County: www.co.bibb.ga.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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 Blocton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Bibb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blocton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (269) is an overlay for area code (205).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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