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 Blackhawk (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 Blackhawk. 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 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.
Blackhawk is located in Davis County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Davis County: Appanoose, Jefferson, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Schuyler (MO) & Scotland (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Blackhawk. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blackhawk:
- Davis County (The home county of Blackhawk)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Drakesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Carbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mark is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Steuben
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Floris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Savannah is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
- Chequest
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Stiles
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stiles is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Appanoose County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orleans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Udell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Moulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Moravia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Darbyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Darbyville is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Rathbun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Coal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coal City is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Exline
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Exline is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Mystic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Batavia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Abingdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Hedrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Martinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Lucas County
- Zero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zero is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
- Mahaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Cedar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Lakonta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lakonta is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakonta
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Givin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Givin is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givin
- Exeelsior
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Wright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Bussey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bussey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bussey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marysville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Selection
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Avery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Albia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Bluff Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Lovilia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Selma
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Douds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Cantril
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Blakesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bidwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Ottumwa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- East Ottumwa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Chillicothe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Dudley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Keb ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Agency
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dahlonega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- Eldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kirkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kirkville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Confidence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Confidence is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Promise City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Promise City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Putnam County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Pearl City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl City is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Livonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Livonia is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Mendota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mendota is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Worthington is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Schuyler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Coatsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coatsville is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatsville
- Glenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glenwood is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Julesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Julesburg is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julesburg
- Downing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Downing is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Queen City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Scotland County (MO)
- Kilwinning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kilwinning is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilwinning
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blackhawk, see our County-by-County Page for Blackhawk.
Cemeteries Near Blackhawk ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blackhawk.
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 Blackhawk - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blackhawk covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glassburner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hanson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mounts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hammans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McConnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breeding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Blackhawk in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blackhawk.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Drakesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Ormanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ormanville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormanville
- Udell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Belknap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belknap is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Blakesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Brompton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Moulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Foster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foster is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Monterey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Mark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mark is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blackhawk. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blackhawk.
Newspapers Published in Blackhawk ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackhawk.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blackhawk, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blackhawk.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Blackhawk:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appanoose County
- Jefferson County
- Keokuk County
- Lucas County
- Mahaska County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Van Buren County
- Wapello County
- Wayne County
- Putnam County
- Schuyler County
- Scotland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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 Blackhawk, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackhawk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |