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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Black Jack Bluffs (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Black Jack Bluffs. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Black Jack Bluffs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Black Jack Bluffs: Black Jack Blfs.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Black Jack Bluffs is located in Tuolumne County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tuolumne County: Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Stanislaus.

Below are the counties that are near Black Jack Bluffs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Jack Bluffs:

  • Tuolumne County     (The home county of Black Jack Bluffs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.
    • Yosemite Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
    • Chinese Camp
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Rawhide
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
    • Stent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Stent is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent
    • Jamestown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuttletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Sonora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksonville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Columbia Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • East Sonora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Greenley Oaks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Squabbletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Amador County
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.
    • The Shores of Poker Flat
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Copper Cove Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
    • Copperopolis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Melones ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Melones is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melones
    • Telegraph City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
    • Angels Camp
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Angels City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
    • Angels
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Angels is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Carmen City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
    • Altaville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Vallecito
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Douglas Flat
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mariposa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.
    • Coulterville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Merced County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.
    • Snelling
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Merced Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
    • Arundel ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Arundel is located in Merced County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
    • Ballico
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.
    • Cometa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
    • Trigo ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
    • Farmington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Escalon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Escalon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escalon <1>
    • Bellota
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Alba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Alba is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
    • Peters
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Linden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Atlanta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Five Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Five Corners is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Oakdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
    • La Grange
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Adela
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
    • Oakdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Waterford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverbank
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Empire
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Del Rio
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
    • Hughson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stewart
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stewart is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
    • Denair
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Jack Bluffs, see our County-by-County Page for Black Jack Bluffs.

Cemeteries Near Black Jack Bluffs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Jack Bluffs.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Black Jack Bluffs - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Jack Bluffs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.

  • Williams Knight Burial Site
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Copperopolis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stent Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stent Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Stent
    • The Stent Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Poverty Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229117 <2>
  • Jamestown Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sonora City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Sonora.
    • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (40 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Black Jack Bluffs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Black Jack Bluffs.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Jack Bluffs, with the one closest to Black Jack Bluffs listed first.

  • Knights Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Copperopolis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chinese Camp
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jamestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tuttletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Telegraph City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
  • Sonora
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Angels Camp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
  • La Grange
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Douglas Flat
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Milton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Milton is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Big Oak Flat
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Soulsbyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Jack Bluffs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Jack Bluffs.

Newspapers Published in Black Jack Bluffs ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Jack Bluffs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Jack Bluffs, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Jack Bluffs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Black Jack Bluffs:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Black Jack Bluffs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Jack Bluffs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.