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Welcome to Blairfour ...

Blairfour is located in Blair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blairfour, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Blairfour is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blairfour: 814 & 582<3>

Websites for Blairfour ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blairchamber.com/

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

Communities near Blairfour ...

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

  • Altoona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Huntingdon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hollidaysburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tyrone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Roaring Spring
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Union
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Martinsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gallitzin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Todd
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Todd is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blairfour ...

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

Adding Blairfour to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blairfour post office opened in 1914. The Blairfour post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blairfour.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Blair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blairfour - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Blairfour area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Blairfour 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/