Welcome to Blackmer ...

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

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

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Blackmer would have been located within present day Rowan County<2>.

The location of Blackmer has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackmer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Blackmer is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Blackmer was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Blackmer still existed, it would have been in the (704) and (980)<5> area codes.

Websites for Blackmer ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Blackmer, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Blackmer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blackmer - it's located in North Dakota.

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

Communities near Blackmer ...

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

• Concord
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <6>
• Kannapolis
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kannapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannapolis
  • Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kannapolis <6>
• Mooresville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
  • Mooresville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,962 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooresville <6>
• Salisbury
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Salisbury is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <6>
• Cornelius
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornelius have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
  • Cornelius is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornelius <6>
• Statesville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
  • Statesville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,045 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Statesville <6>
• Davidson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davidson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Davidson is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davidson <6>
• Mocksville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
  • Mocksville is located in Davie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mocksville <6>
• China Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
  • China Grove is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China Grove <6>
• Spencer
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <6>

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

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

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

Adding Blackmer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blackmer 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 Blackmer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Blackmer post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackmer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/