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Welcome to Blackfoot ...

Blackfoot is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Blackfoot is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackfoot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Blackfoot is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blackfoot: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Blackfoot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Blackfoot - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Idaho and Montana (3).

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

Communities near Blackfoot ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackfoot ...

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

Adding Blackfoot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blackfoot post office opened in 1886. The Blackfoot post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackfoot.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackfoot - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackfoot area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Blackfoot 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/