Welcome to Blaine ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blaine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

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

The location where Blaine once stood is in the (712) area code.

Communities Also Named Blaine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Blaine - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Blaine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blaine post office opened in 1876.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blaine.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Buena Vista County: www.co.buena-vista.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 Blaine, 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 Buena Vista, 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/