Welcome to Blackburn ...

Blackburn is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackburn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1930.

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

Blackburn is located in the (606) area code.

Communities Also Named Blackburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Blackburn: This one is located in Estill County and the other is located in Union County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 21 communities that are also named Blackburn - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Adding Blackburn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blackburn 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 for Blackburn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Blackburn post office opened in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackburn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blackburn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/