Welcome to Blanco ...So far, we found very little information about Blanco. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Blanco to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blanco, please Contact Us. Blanco would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. Blanco was founded in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Blanco is 6,180 feet [1,884 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Blanco is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Blanco was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Blanco was located: 775 Communities Also Named Blanco ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Blanco - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blanco. Communities near Blanco ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blanco.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blanco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blanco. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blanco. 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 Blanco. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanco. See our Newspapers Page for Blanco. Adding Blanco to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blanco in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Blanco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blanco. Footnotes ...
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