Welcome to Blair ...

The city of Blair is located in Washington County<1> and is the County Seat for Washington County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blair, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Blair has a population of 7,868 people<2> (see below for details).

Blair is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Blair lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Blair: (402) and (531)<4>

Websites for Blair ...

Official Website:   www.ci.blair.ne.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blairchamber.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Blair had an population of 7,868 people. This is a decrease of 1.53% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 4.74% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Blair had a population of 7,990 people (which is 39.49% of the total population of Washington County). This makes Blair the county's most populous community.

The population of Blair represents 0.44% of the population of Nebraska (which has 1,826,341 people), making it the state's 19th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,990 people, the population of Blair increased 6.36% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 7,512 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Blair.

Communities Also Named Blair ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Blair - they are located in Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blair.

Communities near Blair ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blair.

• Fremont
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Fremont is located in Dodge County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <5>
• Valley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
  • Valley is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <5>
• Missouri Valley
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Valley
  • Missouri Valley is located in Harrison County (IA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,576 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missouri Valley <5>
• Tekamah
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tekamah
  • Tekamah is located in Burt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,713 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tekamah <5>
• Bennington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
  • Bennington is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,518 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bennington <5>
• Logan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Logan is located in Harrison County (IA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <5>
• Arlington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Arlington is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <5>
• Fort Calhoun
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Calhoun
  • Fort Calhoun is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 993 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Calhoun <5>
• Waterloo
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Waterloo is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <5>
• Crescent
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Crescent is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blair. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blair.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blair. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blair.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blair. Our list includes 23 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Blair.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blair ...

Looking for more information about Blair? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Blair, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Blair.

Adding Blair to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blair in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Blair was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Blair post office opened in 1869.

We also found Blair in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blair.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Blair: www.ci.blair.ne.us/

The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/