Blairstown, Louisiana
Unincorporated community in Louisiana
Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
30°45′10″N 90°57′45″W / 30.75278°N 90.96250°W / 30.75278; -90.96250[1]
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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
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blairstown, Louisiana
- ^ 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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Municipalities and communities of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Clinton
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communities
- Blairstown
- Bluff Creek
- Ethel
- Gurley
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