Welcome to Blackwell ...

Blackwell is located in Forest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackwell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Blackwell is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blackwell: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Blackwell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Blackwell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Blackwell ...

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

• Crandon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Crandon is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
• Laona
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Laona is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
• Townsend
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Townsend is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
• Freeman
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeman is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
• Lily
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lily is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
• Mole Lake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mole Lake is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
• Hiles
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hiles is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
• Atkins
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Atkins is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
• Jennings
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jennings is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
• Dunbar
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunbar is located in Marinette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar

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

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

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

Adding Blackwell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blackwell post office opened in 1905. The Blackwell post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackwell.