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Welcome to Blue ...

Blue is located

Blue is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Blue is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Blue: 979

Communities Also Named Blue ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Blue - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Blue ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue ...

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

Adding Blue to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blue 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 Blue was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Blue post office opened in 1897. The Blue post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue - 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.
<4>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/