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Welcome to Blackmore ...

So far, we found very little information about Blackmore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Blackmore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Blackmore - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Blackmore, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Blackmore , we believe that it would have been located within present day Ringgold County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackmore, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Time Zone: The area where Blackmore was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Blackmore was located: 641

Adding Blackmore to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Blackmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Blackmore post office opened in 1880.

We also found Blackmore in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackmore.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blackmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Ringgold, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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