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Welcome to Blitchton ...

Blitchton is located in Bryan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blitchton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Blitchton is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blitchton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Blitchton: 912 & 565<3>

Communities Also Named Blitchton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blitchton - it's located in Florida.

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

Communities near Blitchton ...

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

  • Statesborough
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
    • Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
  • Pooler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Richmond Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rincon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rincon is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <4>
  • Port Wentworth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Port Wentworth Junction
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Port Wentworth Junction is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wentworth Junction
    • Estimated population in 2019: 9,641 people
  • Garden City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Springfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rossignol Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rossignol Hill is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossignol Hill
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,009 people
  • Bloomingdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blitchton ...

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

Adding Blitchton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blitchton 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 Blitchton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Blitchton post office opened in 1896. The Blitchton post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blitchton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Bryan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blitchton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 912 code has been Overlayed with the 565 area code. New phone numbers in the Blitchton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 912 or 565. As a result, placing a call in the Blitchton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/