Welcome to Bland ...

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

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

Bland would have been located within present day Sandoval County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bland is 7,370 feet [2,246 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Bland is about 1½ mile [or 2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named Bland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bland - they are located in Arkansas (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Bland ...

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

• Jemez Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jemez Springs
  • Jemez Springs is located in Sandoval County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jemez Springs <4>
• Cochiti Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochiti Lake
  • Cochiti Lake is located in Sandoval County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cochiti Lake <4>
• Cochiti Pueblo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochiti Pueblo
  • Cochiti Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
  • Cochiti Pueblo has also been known as:
  • Cochiti
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cochiti Pueblo <4>
• Los Alamos
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Los Alamos is located in Los Alamos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Alamos <4>
• Ponderosa
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Ponderosa is located in Sandoval County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ponderosa <4>
• Pena Blanca
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pena Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pena Blanca
  • Pena Blanca is located in Sandoval County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pena Blanca <4>
• Sile
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
  • Sile is located in Sandoval County
• White Rock
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
  • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
• Jemez Pueblo
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jemez Pueblo
  • Jemez Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jemez Pueblo <4>
• Kewa Pueblo
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewa Pueblo
  • Kewa Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
  • Former name for Kewa Pueblo:
  • Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kewa Pueblo <4>

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

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

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

Adding Bland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bland 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 Bland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Bland post office opened in 1894.

We also found Bland on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1920).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sandoval County: www.sandovalcounty.com/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/