Welcome to Blackwell Junction ...

Blackwell Junction is located in Forest County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Blackwell Junction: Blackwell Jct. (or less commonly used: Blackwell Jctn.)

Blackwell Junction is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blackwell Junction: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Blackwell Junction ...

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

Crandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
Townsend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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- Townsend is located in Oconto County
Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freeman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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- Freeman is located in Langlade County
Mole Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
Lily
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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- Lily is located in Langlade County
Hiles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiles have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Hiles is located in Forest County
Atkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Atkins is located in Forest County
Jennings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
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- Jennings is located in Oneida County
Post Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
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- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
Dunbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
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- Dunbar is located in Marinette County

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

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

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

Adding Blackwell Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blackwell Junction 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 for Blackwell Junction was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackwell Junction.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blackwell Junction - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Blackwell Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Blackwell Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.