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Welcome to Blair Junction ...

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

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

Blair Junction would have been located within present day Esmeralda County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blair Junction, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1920.

A typical abbreviation for Blair Junction: Blair Jct. (or less commonly used: Blair Jctn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Blair Junction is 4,810 feet [1,466 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Blair Junction is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Blair Junction was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Blair Junction was located: 775

Communities near Blair Junction ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Blair Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blair Junction post office opened in 1920. The Blair Junction post office closed in 1923.

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For more details, see References and Mentions for Blair Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blair Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Esmeralda, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blair Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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