Welcome to Blind Slough ...
So far, we found very little information about Blind Slough. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Blind Slough to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blind Slough, please Contact Us.
Blind Slough would have been located within present day Clatsop County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Blind Slough, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Blind Slough is near sea level<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Blind Slough was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Blind Slough was located: 503 & 971<4>
Communities near Blind Slough ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blind Slough.
- Astoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Astoria is located in Clatsop County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <5>
- Warrenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Warrenton is located in Clatsop County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,739 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <5>
- Clatskanie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clatskanie
- Clatskanie is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clatskanie <5>
- Hammond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Hammond is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <5>
- Cathlamet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathlamet
- Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cathlamet <5>
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Clatsop County
- Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brookfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Dahlia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
- Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
- Svensen Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
- Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County
- Altoona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Blind Slough. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blind Slough.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blind Slough. 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 Blind Slough.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blind Slough. See our Newspapers Page for Blind Slough.
Adding Blind Slough to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Blind Slough 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 for Blind Slough was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Blind Slough post office opened in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Blind Slough.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clatsop County: www.co.clatsop.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
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 Blind Slough, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Clatsop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blind Slough - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Blind Slough area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Blind Slough area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |