RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Red River County >> BlakeneyIndex...

Welcome to Blakeney ...

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

Blakeney is located in Red River County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blakeney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Blakeney is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blakeney: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Blakeney ...

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

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

Communities near Blakeney ...

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

  • Idabel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <4>
  • Clarksville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Valliant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Valliant is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valliant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valliant <4>
  • Wright City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Detroit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Towson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sawyer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawyer is located in Choctaw County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <4>
  • Millerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Garvin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Garvin is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garvin <4>
  • Swink
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blakeney ...

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

Adding Blakeney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blakeney 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 Blakeney was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blakeney.

Footnotes ...

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