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Welcome to Blaisdell ...

Blaisdell is located in Yuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blaisdell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Blaisdell is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blaisdell lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Blaisdell and travel west, you will soon leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Blaisdell: 928

Communities Also Named Blaisdell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Blaisdell - they are located in North Dakota and Oregon.

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

Communities near Blaisdell ...

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

  • Yuma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Yuma is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,811 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yuma <3>
  • Somerton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Wellton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Dome ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dome is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome
  • Araby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Araby is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Araby
  • Ligurta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ligurta is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligurta
  • Fort Laguna ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fort Laguna is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Laguna
  • Bard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Winterhaven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Steam
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Steam is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blaisdell ...

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

Adding Blaisdell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blaisdell post office opened in 1898. The Blaisdell post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blaisdell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blaisdell - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/