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History · Blyn

Blyn’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Blyn was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 2000.

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How Blyn began

When was Blyn founded?

1890

The Blyn post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 162 in 20002020 census: 108136 years
Founding year: the first Blyn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blyn’s past

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The story so far

Blyn, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blyn yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Blyn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clallam County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Blyn had a population of 108. It is located near the city of Sequim on the shores of Sequim Bay. The area includes the Jamestown S'Klallam Indian Reservation, established in 1874 by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, who named their community Jamestown after their leader; Lord James Balch.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 101 to 108 (+7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Blyn, 1890 to 1956

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Blyn post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Blyn post office closes
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Blyn on the map, 1956 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Blyn. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Blyn on the 1956 USGS mapBlyn on the 1985 USGS map1956Sequim sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Blyn.

People over time

Blyn, census by census

010020002020Peak: 162

Between 101 and 162 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Blyn’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Blyn had its own post office from 1890 to 1909.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Blyn’s history

What year was Blyn founded?

The Blyn post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.