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Welcome to Blythe ...

Blythe is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blythe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Blythe is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Blythe (for example, toward Monticello), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Blythe: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Blythe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Blythe - they are located in California, Georgia, Mississippi and Montana.

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

Communities near Blythe ...

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

  • Thompsons Store
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Burkesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Celina
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Celina is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celina <4>
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Gamaliel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hestand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hestand is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hestand
  • Martinsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Cloyds Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloyds Landing is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyds Landing
  • Boles
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Boles is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blythe ...

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

Adding Blythe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blythe post office opened in 1910. The Blythe post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blythe.

Footnotes ...

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