Welcome to Blakes ...Blakes is located in Mathews County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blakes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. Blakes is near sea level<2>. Time Zone: Blakes lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Blakes: 804 & 686<3> Communities Also Named Blakes ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Blakes - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Maine, Michigan and Pennsylvania (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blakes. Communities near Blakes ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blakes.
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 Blakes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blakes. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blakes. 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 Blakes. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blakes. See our Newspapers Page for Blakes. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blakes ...Looking for more information about Blakes? 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 Blakes, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blakes. Adding Blakes to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blakes 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 Blakes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blakes. Footnotes ...
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