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Welcome to Blackwood ...

Blackwood is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Blackwood is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blackwood: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Blackwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Blackwood - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Blackwood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackwood ...

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

Adding Blackwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blackwood 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 Blackwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Blackwood post office opened in 1883. The Blackwood post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackwood - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Blackwood 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/