Blackey’s post office opened in 1908, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the C.B. Caudill Store. Its Register listing is the C.B. Caudill Store.
How Blackey began, and where its name came from
When was Blackey founded?
The Blackey post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1915.
How did Blackey get its name?
Blackey is thought to have been named after Blackey Brown, one of its citizens.
1 historic place in Blackey
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places now gone and burying grounds
Blackey’s post office has been open since 1908.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Blackey’s history
What year was Blackey founded?
The Blackey post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1915.
What is on the National Register in Blackey?
One place: the C.B. Caudill Store (listed 2001).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.