Welcome to Blocton ...Blocton is located in Mingo County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Blocton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909. Blocton is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Blocton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Blocton, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Blocton: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Blocton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blocton - it's located in Alabama. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blocton. Communities near Blocton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blocton.
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 Blocton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blocton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blocton. 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 Blocton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blocton. See our Newspapers Page for Blocton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blocton ...Looking for more information about Blocton? 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 Blocton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blocton. Adding Blocton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blocton 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 Blocton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Blocton. Footnotes ...
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