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 Blandy (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 Blandy. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Blandy is located in Baldwin 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 Baldwin County: Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Blandy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blandy:
- Baldwin County (The home county of Blandy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Hardwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meriwether
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coopers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- The Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Black Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Mogul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Cross Keys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- East Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Wheeler Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Payne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Brookhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Bloomfield Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Rutland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Swaggy Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Buckhead ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhead is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
- Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
- Zebulon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zebulon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
- Sparta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Monticello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Haddock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fortville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Ethridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- James
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Mountain Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Bradley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Gray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pitts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Wayside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Round Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Juliette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bolingbroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Dennis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Resseaus Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Hallwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Oconee Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
- Eatonton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Dry Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Deepstep
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Goat Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Gardner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
- Oconee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Warthen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tennille
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Ivey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Brooks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dedrich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- McIntyre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Irwinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toomsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blandy, see our County-by-County Page for Blandy.
Cemeteries Near Blandy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blandy.
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 Blandy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blandy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Hopewell Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fishing Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leonard Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memory Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salem Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Howe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- David B. Hill Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Humphries Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Blandy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blandy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blandy, with the one closest to Blandy listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Milledgeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meriwether
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dennis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Nona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nona is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
- Blountsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blountsville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Ivey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- James
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Clopton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clopton is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Lewiston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Bradley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blandy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blandy.
Newspapers Published in Blandy ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blandy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blandy, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blandy.
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 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 Blandy:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Baldwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Monroe County
- Putnam County
- Twiggs County
- Washington County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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 Blandy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blandy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |