Welcome to Blackfoot City ...

So far, we found very little information about Blackfoot City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Blackfoot City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blackfoot City, please Contact Us.

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Blackfoot City would have been located within present day Powell County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackfoot City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Blackfoot City is 5,460 feet [1,664 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Blackfoot City is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Blackfoot City was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Blackfoot City was located: 406

Communities near Blackfoot City ...

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

• Avon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Avon is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <4>
• Atlantic City ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
• Elliston
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elliston is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elliston <4>
• Blossburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Blossburg is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
• Marysville ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Marysville is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <4>
• Frontier Town
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
• Austin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
• Canyon Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Canyon Creek is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon Creek <4>
• Garrison
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Garrison is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrison <4>
• Phosphate
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Phosphate is located in Powell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate

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

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

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

Adding Blackfoot City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blackfoot City 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 (so far) for Blackfoot City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Blackfoot City post office opened in 1866. The Blackfoot City post office closed in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackfoot City.