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Welcome to Blackburn ...

Blackburn is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Blackburn is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blackburn lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Blackburn: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Blackburn ...

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

Communities near Blackburn ...

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

  • Eldorado
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Morganfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sturgis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shawneetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Uniontown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Uniontown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Ridgway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridgway is located in Gallatin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <4>
  • Equality
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • New Haven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Waverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
    • Cave-In-Rock village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackburn ...

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

Adding Blackburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blackburn post office opened in 1879. The Blackburn post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackburn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackburn - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackburn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Blackburn 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.
<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/