Welcome to Blairsville ...

Blairsville is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blairsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1815.

Blairsville is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Blairsville is within the (803) area code.

Websites for Blairsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Blairsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Blairsville - they are located in Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blairsville.

Communities near Blairsville ...

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

• Rock Hill
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Rock Hill is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,318 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Hill <3>
• York
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <3>
• Clover
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <3>
• Chester
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,363 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <3>
• Blacksburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <3>
• Jonesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Jonesville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <3>
• Grover
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
  • Grover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <3>
• Hickory Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Hickory Grove is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Grove <3>
• Lockhart
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
  • Lockhart is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lockhart <3>
• McConnells
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnells
  • McConnells is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McConnells <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blairsville ...

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

Adding Blairsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blairsville 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 Blairsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Blairsville post office opened in 1815.

We also found Blairsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blairsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blairsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for York County: www.yorkcountygov.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/