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Welcome to Blodgett Landing ...

Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blodgett Landing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

A typical abbreviation for Blodgett Landing: Blodgett Lndg. (or less commonly used: Blodgett Lndng.)

Blodgett Landing is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Blodgett Landing: 603

Communities near Blodgett Landing ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blodgett Landing ...

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

Adding Blodgett Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blodgett Landing post office opened in 1893.

We also found Blodgett Landing on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Hampshire (1912).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blodgett Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Merrimack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blodgett Landing - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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