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Welcome to Bliedorn ...

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

We've added Bliedorn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bliedorn, please Contact Us.


Bliedorn would have been located within present day Clinton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bliedorn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bliedorn is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Bliedorn was located: 563

Communities near Bliedorn ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Bliedorn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bliedorn post office opened in 1900. The Bliedorn post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bliedorn.

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 Bliedorn, 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 Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bliedorn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/