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Welcome to Blanding ...The city of Blanding is located in San Juan County<1>. Blanding was settled in 1887. The origin (or the toponymy) of Blanding: Named after Amelia Blanding Bicknell. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Blanding has a population of 3,564 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Blanding is 6,100 feet [1,859 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Blanding is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Blanding lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Blanding and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not. The telephone area code for Blanding: (435) The ZIP code for Blanding: 84511<4> The city of Blanding was previously named Grayson. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Blanding had an population of 3,564 people. This is an increase of 5.6% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 12.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Blanding had a population of 3,375 people (or 22.89% of the total population of San Juan County). This makes Blanding the county's most populous community. The population of Blanding represents 0.12% of the total population of Utah (which has 2,763,885 people), making it the state's 94th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,375 people, the population of Blanding increased 6.74% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,162 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Blanding. Communities Also Named Blanding ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Blanding - they are located in Illinois and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blanding. Communities near Blanding ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blanding.
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 Blanding. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blanding. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blanding. 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 Blanding. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanding. See our Newspapers Page for Blanding. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blanding ...Looking for more information about Blanding? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Blanding, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Blanding. Adding Blanding to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blanding 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 Blanding was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Blanding on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925). For more details, see References and Mentions for Blanding. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blanding. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/ Footnotes ...
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