This community dates back to 1854 when a group of two-dozen homesteaders moved to the area from Kentucky and settled on the east side of Comanche Creek near Comanche Spring, about three miles below the origin of the creek. It began to grow into a community as more settlers arrived and moved upstream. The origin of the name "Blowout" is reported to be due to a bat guano explosion, when ammonia and other gases built up inside the cave and lightning struck its mouth. The cave was named Blowout Cave and was located on the east side of the creek and was home to 1,000 bats. There is little trace of the community today, as only several scattered houses are located among the rocky hills.[2]
In 1875, the community had several businesses. A post office was established at Blowout that year and remained in operation until 1918. It ran through Fredericksburg to Willow City to Blowout. Mail was also delivered from nearby Burnet. There was one brief interruption when the creeks and rivers flooded due to heavy rain and when the mail carrier was arrested for "abstracting money". Settlers sold wagon loads of bat guano for fertilizer and appeared to have ended briefly, until local rancher Frank Lacy discovered gold in a nearby creek in 1896, thus causing a gold rush in the community.[3]
Geographyedit
Blowout is located 15 mi (24 km) northwest of Johnson City in northwestern Blanco County.[2]
^Barr, Michael. "Looking back at The Big Bang at Blowout". Texas Escapes. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
January 01, 1970
blowout, texas, blowout, unincorporated, community, blanco, county, texas, united, states, blowoutunincorporated, communityblowoutlocation, within, state, texasshow, texasblowoutblowout, united, states, show, united, statescoordinates, 44722, 57750, 44722, 577. Blowout is an unincorporated community in Blanco County Texas United States BlowoutUnincorporated communityBlowoutLocation within the state of TexasShow map of TexasBlowoutBlowout the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 30 26 50 N 98 34 39 W 30 44722 N 98 57750 W 30 44722 98 57750CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBlancoElevation1 263 ft 385 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT GNIS feature ID1379432 1 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Education 4 Media 5 ReferencesHistory editThis community dates back to 1854 when a group of two dozen homesteaders moved to the area from Kentucky and settled on the east side of Comanche Creek near Comanche Spring about three miles below the origin of the creek It began to grow into a community as more settlers arrived and moved upstream The origin of the name Blowout is reported to be due to a bat guano explosion when ammonia and other gases built up inside the cave and lightning struck its mouth The cave was named Blowout Cave and was located on the east side of the creek and was home to 1 000 bats There is little trace of the community today as only several scattered houses are located among the rocky hills 2 In 1875 the community had several businesses A post office was established at Blowout that year and remained in operation until 1918 It ran through Fredericksburg to Willow City to Blowout Mail was also delivered from nearby Burnet There was one brief interruption when the creeks and rivers flooded due to heavy rain and when the mail carrier was arrested for abstracting money Settlers sold wagon loads of bat guano for fertilizer and appeared to have ended briefly until local rancher Frank Lacy discovered gold in a nearby creek in 1896 thus causing a gold rush in the community 3 Geography editBlowout is located 15 mi 24 km northwest of Johnson City in northwestern Blanco County 2 Education editBlowout is served by the Johnson City Independent School District Media editKTSN FM a radio station 88 9 FM licensed to serve Blowout References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Blowout Texas a b Blowout from the Handbook of Texas Online Barr Michael Looking back at The Big Bang at Blowout Texas Escapes Retrieved August 15 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blowout Texas amp oldid 1166612617, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
