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Welcome to Blackwell ...

Blackwell is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackwell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

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

Area Code for Blackwell: 660

Communities Also Named Blackwell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Blackwell: This one is located in Macon County and the other is located in Saint Francois County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 16 communities that are also named Blackwell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Blackwell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blackwell post office opened in 1872.

We also found Blackwell in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackwell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/