Blokhuizen is located just north of Zijdewind, formally it also falls under that place.

"[1] It was on a number of cards, including those from North Holland by Joost Janszoon Bilhamer from 1575,[2] the name "Blockhuysen" was also mentioned.

The name may have been derived from the fact that the nucleus is approximately at the place where once two blockhouses were once located.

A log cabin is a defense post erected from small trunks and large, heavy beams, usually located on a connecting road.

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