Welcome to Blackwater ...Blackwater is located in Kemper County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackwater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838. Blackwater is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Blackwater lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Blackwater ...While we believe that this Blackwater is located in Kemper County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Blackwater. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lafayette and Marshall County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 20 communities that are also named Blackwater - they are located in Arizona, British Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky (3), Maine, Maryland, Missouri (2), New Hampshire, Ontario (3) and Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blackwater. Communities near Blackwater ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blackwater.
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 Blackwater. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blackwater. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blackwater. 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 Blackwater. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackwater. See our Newspapers Page for Blackwater. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackwater ...Looking for more information about Blackwater? 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 Blackwater, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blackwater. Adding Blackwater to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blackwater 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 Blackwater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackwater. Footnotes ...
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