illy ▁admitted ▁the ▁attempted ▁explos ion . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Ph oto ▁ess ay ▁of ▁the ▁Princess h ay ▁re development ▁ ▁Category : S ho pping ▁cent res ▁in ▁Dev on <0x0A> </s> ▁Bla irst own ▁is ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁southern ▁Bent on ▁County , ▁Iowa , ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 6 9 2 ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁C ed ar ▁Rap ids ▁Metropolitan ▁Statist ical ▁Area . ▁ ▁History ▁Bla irst own ▁was ▁pl atted ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 . ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁John ▁Ins ley ▁Bla ir , ▁a ▁rail road ▁official . ▁ ▁Geography ▁Bla irst own ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 4 1 . 9 0 6 9 7 6 , ▁- 9 2 . 0 8 3 4 6 5 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁land . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 6 9 2 ▁people , ▁ 2 9 5 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 ▁families ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁. ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 1 4 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 9 7 . 8 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 7 %