Welcome to Blanton ...Blanton is located Blanton is located in Hill County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blanton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. Blanton is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Blanton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Blanton: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Blanton: This one is located in Hill County and the other is located in Runnels County. Beyond Texas, there are 10 communities that are also named Blanton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blanton. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blanton. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blanton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blanton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blanton. 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 Blanton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanton. See our Newspapers Page for Blanton. Looking for more information about Blanton? 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 Blanton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blanton. We originally found mention of Blanton 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 (so far) for Blanton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blanton.
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