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Welcome to Bladon Springs ...

Bladon Springs is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bladon Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Bladon Springs: Bladon Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bladon Spngs. or Bladon Sprngs.)

Bladon Springs is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bladon Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Bladon Springs ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bladon Springs ...

Looking for more information about Bladon Springs? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bladon Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bladon Springs.

Adding Bladon Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bladon Springs 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 (so far) for Bladon Springs was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bladon Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bladon Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.