Welcome to Blaker Mills ...
Blaker Mills is located in Greenbrier County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Blaker Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
A typical abbreviation for Blaker Mills: Blaker Mls. (or less commonly used: Blaker Mlls.)
Blaker Mills is 1,680 feet [512 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Blaker Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Blaker Mills: 304 & 681<3>
Communities near Blaker Mills ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blaker Mills.
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ronceverte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rainelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rupert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Meadow Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Wolfcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe 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 Blaker Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blaker Mills.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blaker Mills. 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 Blaker Mills.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blaker Mills. See our Newspapers Page for Blaker Mills.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blaker Mills ...
Looking for more information about Blaker Mills? 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 Blaker Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blaker Mills.
Adding Blaker Mills to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Blaker Mills 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 Blaker Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Blaker Mills post office opened in 1891.
We also found Blaker Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Blaker Mills.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Greenbrier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blaker Mills - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Blaker Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Blaker Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |