Sign inJoin
History · Blanche

Blanche’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Blanche yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old photos & papers

What stands out about Blanche’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Help out

Start Blanche’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blanche’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story so far

Blanche, in brief

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

Blanche is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is in the southwest part of the county and is bordered to the southeast by Taft. Tennessee State Route 110 passes through Blanche, leading southwest 7 miles (11 km) to Ardmore and northeast 18 miles (29 km) to Fayetteville, the Lincoln county seat. The east side of Blanche drains to Pinnel Creek, and the west side drains Kelly Creek; both creeks flow north to the Elk River, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Tennessee River. The south part of the CDP drains to Limestone Creek, which flows south to the Tennessee Rive…

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Blanche

Nobody well known was born in Blanche itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Stories next door

History across the town line

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Has Blanche changed for the better?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start a conversation

Post to Blanche

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in