Blachly is three miles from Triangle Lake, a well-known place in the Coast Range. Residents of the neighborhood formerly received their mail at Franklin post office, now discontinued. The office at Blachly was established June 27, 1892, and named for William Blachly, a local resident. William Blachly was born in Illinois in 1844 and came to Oregon in 1854. He died at Blachly on February 16, 1934, See the Oregonian, February 19, 1934, pg. 8.