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Welcome to Blackwell ...

Blackwell is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Blackwell is located in Kootenai County<1>.

Blackwell is 2,200 feet [671 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Blackwell is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Blackwell lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Blackwell and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Blackwell: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Blackwell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Blackwell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Blackwell ...

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

  • Post Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hayden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <4>
  • Rathdrum
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Spirit Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Dalton Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Athol
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hauser
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hayden Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackwell ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Kootenai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackwell - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackwell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Blackwell 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.