Blairstown, Louisiana

Blairstown, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Blairstown, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Blairstown, Louisiana
Blairstown, Louisiana
Blairstown, Louisiana is located in the United States
Blairstown, Louisiana
Blairstown, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°45′10″N 90°57′45″W / 30.75278°N 90.96250°W / 30.75278; -90.96250
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishEast Feliciana Parish
Elevation
[1]
174 ft (53 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70722
Area code225
GNIS feature ID553708[1]
FIPS code22-07695

Blairstown is an unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located less than 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) north of Pride and 8 miles (13 kilometres) 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blairstown, Louisiana
  2. ^ John Stover Arndt; Warren Smedley Ely (1922). The Story of the Arndts: The Life, Antecedents and Descendants of Bernhard Arndt who Emigrated to Pennsylvania in the Year 1731. Christopher Sower Company. pp. 251–.


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