Welcome to Blair ...
Blair is located in Lee County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Blair, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.
Blair is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Blair lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Blair: 662
Communities Also Named Blair ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Blair - they are located in Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blair.
Communities near Blair ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blair.
- Tupelo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Albany. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- New Albany is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,771 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Albany <3>
- Booneville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltillo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Saltillo is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,071 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltillo <3>
- Baldwyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Verona is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,209 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verona <3>
- Guntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plantersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Plantersville is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,125 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plantersville <3>
- Mantachie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ecru
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Blair. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blair.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blair. 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 Blair.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blair. See our Newspapers Page for Blair.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blair ...
Looking for more information about Blair? 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 Blair, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blair.
Adding Blair to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Blair 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 for Blair was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Blair post office opened in 1897.
We also found Blair on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Blair.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blair - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |