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Welcome to Blowout ...

Blowout is located in Hill Country.

Blowout is located in Blanco County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blowout, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Blowout is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Blowout: 830

Communities near Blowout ...

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

  • Granite Shoals
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Horseshoe Bay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadowlakes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
  • Cottonwood Shores
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunrise Beach Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Highland Haven
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
  • Round Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Sandy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blowout ...

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

Adding Blowout to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blowout.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Blanco, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blowout - 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.