Welcome to Block Island ...Block Island is located in Washington County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Block Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. A typical abbreviation for Block Island: Block Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) Time Zone: Block Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Block Island: 401 The ZIP code for Block Island: 02807<2> Communities Also Named Block Island ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Rhode Island communities named Block Island: This one is located in Washington County and the other is located in Newport County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Block Island. Communities near Block Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Block Island.
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 Block Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Block Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Block Island. 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 Block Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Block Island. See our Newspapers Page for Block Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Block Island ...Looking for more information about Block Island? 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 Block Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Block Island. Adding Block Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Block Island in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Block Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> For more details, see References and Mentions for Block Island. Footnotes ...
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