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Welcome to Blockville ...

Blockville is located in Chautauqua County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blockville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Blockville is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blockville: 716 & 624<3>

Websites for Blockville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chautauquachamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Blockville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Blockville ...

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

  • Jamestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Corry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Corry is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,180 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corry <4>
  • Westfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Falconer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Youngsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Mayville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Celoron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sherman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cassadaga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blockville ...

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

Adding Blockville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blockville post office opened in 1847. The Blockville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blockville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Chautauqua, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blockville - 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Blockville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Blockville 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/