Welcome to Blackland ...Blackland is located Blackland is located in Rockwall County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876. Blackland is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Blackland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Blackland: This one is located in Rockwall County and the other is located in McLennan County. Beyond Texas, there are 6 communities that are also named Blackland - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, New Brunswick and Oklahoma. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blackland. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blackland. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blackland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blackland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blackland. 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 Blackland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackland. See our Newspapers Page for Blackland. Looking for more information about Blackland? 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 Blackland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blackland. We originally found mention of Blackland 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 Blackland was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackland.
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