Blainsport is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located within West Cocalico Township in Lancaster County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States.

History

Blainsport was originally known as Reinholdsville and appeared on the 1851 map of Lancaster County and the 1858 James D. Scott map of Lancaster County. In the Bridgen's 1864 Lancaster County Atlas and in the 1875 Everts and Stewart Combination Atlas Map of Lancaster County, it appeared as Reinholdsville PO. In 1884, residents of Reinholdsville petitioned the US Post Office Department to rename the town Blainesport after US Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine.(The Lancaster Examiner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 2, 1884, Page 6). The US Post Office Department approved the name, but changed it to Blainsport, dropping the "e." Subsequent newspaper articles continued to spell the name as Blainesport well into the 20th century.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{LancasterCountyPA-geo-stub