| Blanford, Indiana | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 160px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vermillion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Clinton |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 174 |
| Elevation Ft: | 571 |
| Coordinates: | 39.665°N -87.5206°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 47842 |
| Area Code: | 765 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 431177 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 280 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.90 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.73 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.90 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.73 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 381.47 |
| Population Density Km2: | 147.26 |
Blanford is a census-designated place in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Blanford was laid out in 1912.[3] The community was named for L. S. Blanford, who owned the land where the village is located.[4] A post office has been in operation at Blanford since 1915.[5]
In January 1923, there was an expulsion of the small African American community of the old mining town after an ultimatum was issued at a meeting of over 400 white residents for all African-Americans to leave town or turn over the African-American that had allegedly assaulted an 11 year old girl.[6] There also was a shootout at a dance hall shortly afterwards where the Sheriff of Vermillion County, Harry Newland, was investigating shots fired at the last two African Americans remaining in town which had killed three white miners who had fired shots at the sheriff.[7]
Blanford is located at 39.665°N -87.5206°W (39.665060, -87.520580).