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Welcome to Blakeville ...

Blakeville is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blakeville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Blakeville is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blakeville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Blakeville: 931

Communities Also Named Blakeville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blakeville - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Blakeville ...

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

  • Lewisburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell Chapel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Fayetteville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lynchburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Gattistown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Park City Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Olivet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
  • Cornersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Trigg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Trigg is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
  • Palmetto
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Palmetto is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
    • Estimated population in 2014: 661 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blakeville ...

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

Adding Blakeville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blakeville post office opened in 1889. The Blakeville post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blakeville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blakeville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/