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Welcome to Blackwood Park ...

Blackwood Park is located in Gaston County<1>.

Blackwood Park is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blackwood Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Blackwood Park: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Blackwood Park ...

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

  • Shelby
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Shelby is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <4>
  • Mount Holly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Belmont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tega Cay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincolnton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Kings Mountain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • York
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • York is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Clover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Clover is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <4>
  • Cherryville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bessemer City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackwood Park ...

Looking for more information about Blackwood Park? 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 Blackwood Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blackwood Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Gaston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackwood Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackwood Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Blackwood Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.