Blairstown, Louisiana Explained

Official Name:Blairstown, Louisiana
Pushpin Map:Louisiana#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Louisiana
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2:East Feliciana Parish
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:174
Coordinates:30.7528°N -90.9625°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:70722
Area Code:225
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:553708
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:22-07695

Blairstown is an unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located less than 4miles north of Pride and 8miles southeast of Clinton.

Etymology

It is speculated that the community is named after John Insley Blair. In the fall of 1866 a Presbyterian missionary named Rev. John Arndt Reiley migrated to the community from Blairstown, New Jersey.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: John Stover Arndt. Warren Smedley Ely. The Story of the Arndts: The Life, Antecedents and Descendants of Bernhard Arndt who Emigrated to Pennsylvania in the Year 1731. 1922. Christopher Sower Company. 251–.