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Welcome to Blackiston Mill ...

Blackiston Mill is located in Floyd County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Blackiston Mill: Blackiston Ml. (or less commonly used: Blackiston Mll.)

Blackiston Mill is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blackiston Mill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Blackiston Mill and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Blackiston Mill: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Blackiston Mill ...

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

  • Louisville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jeffersonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Albany
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jeffersontown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Matthews
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shively
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Shively is located in Jefferson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shively
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,690 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shively <4>
  • Lyndon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyndon is located in Jefferson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyndon <4>
  • Sellersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackiston Mill ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackiston Mill - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackiston Mill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Blackiston Mill 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.