Our Genealogy Helper
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 Blackjack (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 Blackjack. 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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Blackjack is located in Coweta County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Coweta County: Carroll, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Meriwether, Spalding & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Blackjack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blackjack:
- Coweta County (The home county of Blackjack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Jade Lake Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Sharpsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Turin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bexton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Senoia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Newnan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Grantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newnan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Whitesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Lowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Clayton Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Bonanza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Lovejoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Fox Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Shangri-La on the Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shangri-La on the Lake is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri-La on the Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,862 people
- Dartmouth Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Jonesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
- Windermere Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Windermere Woods is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,937 people
- Oak Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Hannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Foreston Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Peachtree City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Brooks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fayette Villa Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Woolsey Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Tyrone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Harp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Inman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keyland Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Palmetto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Fife
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Chattahoochee Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Rico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Corn Creek Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
- Rivertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Red Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Biscayne Club
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Biscayne Club is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Club
- Estimated population in 2019: 274 people
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Corinth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Centralhatchee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Houston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Stockbridge North
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Stockbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Milner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Luthersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Gay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carrolls
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Harris City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Warm Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Hilltop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Williamson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Molena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrences Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Zebulon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Esmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Experiment
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sunny Side
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Griffin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Griffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Orchard Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Hogansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brays Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Louise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Mountville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Asta Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Whitfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Graysons Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- LaGrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Barker Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Delray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Hannahs Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Sunset Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blackjack, see our County-by-County Page for Blackjack.
Cemeteries Near Blackjack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blackjack.
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 Blackjack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blackjack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elder - Linch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- China Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hannah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strickland Town Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (544 more) ...
- Tranquil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haralson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Blackjack in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blackjack.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blackjack, with the one closest to Blackjack listed first.
- Turin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharpsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Luthersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Senoia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Moreland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Alps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Grantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Brooks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newnan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blackjack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blackjack.
Newspapers Published in Blackjack ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackjack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blackjack, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blackjack.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Blackjack:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Coweta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Clayton County
- Douglas County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | 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 Blackjack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackjack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |