Welcome to Blue Ridge ...The city of Blue Ridge is located in Fannin County<1> and is the County Seat for Fannin County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. A typical abbreviation for Blue Ridge: Blue Rdg. (or less commonly used: Blue Rdge. or Blue Ridg.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Blue Ridge has a population of 1,452 people<2> (see below for details). Blue Ridge is 1,710 feet [521 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Blue Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Blue Ridge: 706 & 762<4> The ZIP code for Blue Ridge: 30513<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Blue Ridge had an population of 1,452 people. This is an increase of 12.56% since the 2010 Census. At the time of the 2010 Census, Blue Ridge had a population of 1,290 people (or 5.45% of the total population of Fannin County). This makes Blue Ridge the county's most populous community. The population of Blue Ridge represents 0.01% of the population of Georgia (which has 9,687,653 people), making it the state's 268th most populous community. More information can be found on the Census Page for Blue Ridge. Communities Also Named Blue Ridge ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Blue Ridge - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Ridge. Communities near Blue Ridge ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Ridge.
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 Blue Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Ridge. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Ridge. 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 Blue Ridge. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Ridge. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Ridge. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Ridge ...Looking for more information about Blue Ridge? 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 Blue Ridge, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Ridge. Adding Blue Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Ridge. Footnotes ...
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