Welcome to Blue Grass ...So far, we found very little information about Blue Grass. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Blue Grass to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blue Grass, please Contact Us. Blue Grass would have been located within present day Vermilion County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Grass, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. While the community is gone, the present day location for Blue Grass is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Blue Grass was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Blue Grass (for example, toward West Lebanon (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Codes where Blue Grass was located: 217 & 447<4> Communities Also Named Blue Grass ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Blue Grass - they are located in Iowa, Kentucky (2), Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Grass. Communities near Blue Grass ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Grass.
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 Grass. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Grass. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Grass. 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 Grass. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Grass. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Grass. Adding Blue Grass to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blue Grass in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Blue Grass was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Grass. Footnotes ...
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