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Welcome to Blade ...

Blade is located in La Salle Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blade, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Blade is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blade: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Blade ...

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

  • Jena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <4>
  • Jonesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Tullos
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrisonburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Midway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Sharp Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
  • Trout
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Aimwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Summerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Utility
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blade ...

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

Adding Blade to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blade post office opened in 1915. The Blade post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blade.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including La Salle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blade - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Blade area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Blade 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/