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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Black Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Black Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Black Creek, please Contact Us.

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 Creek (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 Creek. 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 Creek ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Black Creek: Black Crk. (or less commonly used: Black Ck. or Black Cr.)

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Black Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Clay County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay County: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Duval, Putnam & Saint Johns.

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Black Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Asbury Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbury Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
    • Middleburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Doctors Inlet
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
    • Penney Farms
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace is located in Clay County
    • Orange Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Cove Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
    • Kingsley Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
    • Keystone Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Geneva
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Earleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • MacClenny
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanderson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Lawtey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Starke
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Graham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Jacksonville Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Heights
      • Jacksonville Heights is located in Duval County
    • Loretto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
    • Maxville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
    • Normandy Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bowden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
    • Baldwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Brooklyn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Brooklyn is located in Duval County
    • San Marco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
      • San Marco is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia Gardens
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
      • Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County
    • Arlington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Duval County
    • Talleyrand
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
      • Talleyrand is located in Duval County
    • Sans Pareil
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Bryceville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Crawford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Nassau County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Bostwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Florahome
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Grandin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Putnam Hall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Federal Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Hollister
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Interlachen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Palatka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
    • Fruit Cove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Johns
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Tocoi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Palm Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
    • Sawgrass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawgrass have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
    • Ponte Vedra Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ponte Vedra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponte Vedra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
      • Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
    • Armstrong
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Elkton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hastings
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Union County
    • Raiford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Black Creek ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Creek, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Creek:

Cemeteries Near Black Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Creek.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Rideout Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rideout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rideout Cemetery
  • Middleburg Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleburg Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleburg Methodist Cemetery
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fowler Cemetery
  • Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johns Cemetery
  • Penney Farms Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penney Farms Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penney Farms Cemetery
  • Federal Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Federal Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Federal Hill Cemetery
  • Padget Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Padget Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Padget Cemetery
  • Holly Hill Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Hill Memorial Park
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Moosehaven Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Moosehaven Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moosehaven Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264259 <6>
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Old Conway Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Conway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Conway Cemetery
  • Continue List   (118 more) ...
    • Springbank Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Jacksonville Memory Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacksonville Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacksonville Memory Gardens

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.

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

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

  • Middleburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lakeside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Lakeside is located in Clay County
  • Hibernia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hibernia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
    • Hibernia is located in Clay County
  • Green Cove Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Switzerland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Switzerland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
    • Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
  • Mandarin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandarin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Mandarin is located in Duval County
  • Kingsley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Kingsley is located in Clay County
  • Walkill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
    • Walkill is located in Clay County
  • Belmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
    • Belmore is located in Clay County
  • Plummers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers
    • Plummers is located in Duval County
  • Beauclerc
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beauclerc have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauclerc
    • Beauclerc is located in Duval County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sweetwater
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Sweetwater is located in Duval County
    • Maxville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
    • Highland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Highland is located in Clay County

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

The official website for Clay County: www.claycountygov.com/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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 Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0669, Longitude: -81.8165       In this case, the coordinates for Black Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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