Welcome to Blackburn ...Blackburn is located in Gilmer County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blackburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. Blackburn is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Blackburn lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Blackburn: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Blackburn ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Blackburn - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blackburn. Communities near Blackburn ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blackburn.
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 Blackburn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blackburn. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blackburn. 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 Blackburn. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackburn. See our Newspapers Page for Blackburn. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blackburn ...Looking for more information about Blackburn? 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 Blackburn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blackburn. Adding Blackburn to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blackburn 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 Blackburn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blackburn. Footnotes ...
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