Blackford

Blackford County is located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of . The county is named for Judge Isaac Blackford, who was the first speaker of the Indiana General Assembly and a long-time chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
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  • Type: County with 11,900 residents
  • Description: county in Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: Blackford County”, “Blackford County, IN”, and “Blackford County, Indiana

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackford County Courthouse and Spirit of the American Doughboy.

Courthouse
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The is a historic building located in , the county seat of Blackford County. The building stands on a in the city's downtown commercial district.

Work of art
The is a pressed copper sculpture by E. M. Viquesney, designed to honor the veterans and casualties of World War I. Mass-produced during the 1920s and 1930s for communities throughout the United States, the statue's design was the most popular of its kind, spawning a wave of collectible miniatures and related memorabilia as well as numerous copies by other artists.

School
Blackford Junior-Senior High School is a public high school in , which includes grades 7 through 12. It is part of the Blackford County School District, and is the sole public high school serving all of Blackford County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartford City.

Town
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is a city in the U.S. state of , and the county seat of Blackford County. Located in the northeast central portion of the state, the small farming community underwent a dramatic 15-year economic boom beginning in the late 1880s.

Blackford

Latitude
40.4693° or 40° 28′ 9″ north
Longitude
-85.3306° or 85° 19′ 50″ west
Population
11,900
Elevation
892 feet (272 metres)
Open location code
86GPFM99+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316954420
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4918181
Wiki­data ID
Q505272
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Blackford” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Blackford County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بلاكفورد
  • Armenian: Բլեքֆորդ շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Blackford
  • Basque: Blackford konderria
  • Bavarian: Blackford County, Indiana
  • Bavarian: Blackford County
  • Bishnupriya: ব্ল্যাকফোর্ড কাউন্টি, ইন্ডিয়ানা
  • Bishnupriya: ব্ল্যাকফোর্ড কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Блекфорд
  • Catalan: comtat de Blackford
  • Cebuano: Blackford County
  • Chechen: Блэкфорд (гуо, Индиана)
  • Chechen: Блэкфорд
  • Chinese: Blackford Kūn
  • Chinese: 布莱克福德县
  • Chinese: 布萊克福德縣 (印地安納州)
  • Chinese: 布萊克福德縣
  • Chinese: 布萊克福德郡
  • Dutch: Blackford County
  • Esperanto: Blackford County
  • Esperanto: kantono Blackford
  • Estonian: Blackfordi maakond
  • Finnish: Blackfordin piirikunta
  • French: Blackford County
  • French: comté de Blackford
  • French: Comté de Blackford
  • Georgian: ბლეკფორდის ოლქი
  • German: Blackford County
  • Gilaki: بلکفورد ٚ شأرستان (اينديانا)
  • Gilaki: بلکفورد ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Μπλάκφορντ
  • Greek: Κομητεία Μπλάκφορντ
  • Hebrew: מחוז בלאקפורד
  • Hindi: ब्लैकफर्ड काउंटी, इंडियाना
  • Hindi: ब्लैकफर्ड काउंटी
  • Hungarian: Blackford megye
  • Irish: Contae Blackford
  • Italian: Blackford County
  • Italian: contea di Blackford
  • Italian: Contea di Blackford
  • Japanese: ブラックフォード郡
  • Korean: 블랙포드군
  • Low German: Blackford County
  • Mazanderani: بلکفورد شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Blackford Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Blackford Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Blackford County i Indiana
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Blackford County
  • Norwegian: Blackford County
  • Persian: شهرستان بلکفورد، ایندیانا
  • Persian: شهرستان بلکفورد
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Blackford
  • Portuguese: Blackford County
  • Portuguese: condado de Blackford
  • Portuguese: Condado de Blackford
  • Romanian: Comitatul Blackford, Indiana
  • Romanian: Comitatul Blackford
  • Russian: Блэкфорд
  • Sardinian: contea de Blackford
  • Scottish Gaelic: Blackford County
  • Serbian: Округ Блекфорд
  • Serbo-Croatian: Blackford County, Indiana
  • Serbo-Croatian: Blackford County
  • Spanish: Blackford County
  • Spanish: condado de Blackford
  • Spanish: Condado de Blackford
  • Swedish: Blackford County
  • Tatar: Блэкфорд (округ, Индиана)
  • Tatar: Блэкфорд
  • Turkish: Blackford County, IN
  • Turkish: Blackford County, Ind.
  • Turkish: Blackford County, Indiana
  • Turkish: Blackford County
  • Turkish: Blackford ilçesi, IN
  • Turkish: Blackford ilçesi, Ind.
  • Turkish: Blackford ilçesi, Indiana
  • Turkish: Blackford ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Блекфорд
  • Urdu: بلیکفورڈ کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا
  • Urdu: بلیکفورڈ کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Blackford
  • Vietnamese: Quận Blackford, Indiana
  • Vietnamese: Quận Blackford
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Blackford, Indiana
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Blackford
  • Welsh: Blackford County, Indiana
  • Welsh: Blackford County

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