Blackrod was once a township in the civil parish of Bolton le Moors in the historic county of Lancashire, England.

[1] Under provisions of the Poor Relief Act 1662, townships replaced civil parishes as the main units of local administration in Lancashire.

[2] Blackrod became one of the eighteen autonomous townships of the civil parish of Bolton le Moors.

[1] Blackrod Urban District Council had three electoral wards: Central, North, and South, each represented by three councillors.

[9] Under the Local Government Act 1972, Blackrod Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area became a successor parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.