Welcome to Blansett ...

Blansett is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blansett, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Blansett is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Blansett: 479

Communities near Blansett ...

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

• Mena
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mena is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mena
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mena <3>
• Waldron
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldron is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,335 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waldron <3>
• Mansfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mansfield is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <3>
• Hartford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartford is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <3>
• Gate ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gate is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
• Winfield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Winfield is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
• Y City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Y City is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Y City
• Boles
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Boles is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boles <3>
• Rich Mountain
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rich Mountain is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
• Bates
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bates is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blansett ...

Looking for more information about Blansett? 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 Blansett, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blansett.

Adding Blansett to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blansett 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 Blansett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Blansett post office opened in 1877. The Blansett post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blansett.