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 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.
Blackhawk is located in Vigo County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Vigo County: Clark (IL), Edgar (IL), Clay, Parke, Sullivan & Vermillion.
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:
- Vigo County (The home county of Blackhawk)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Riley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Youngstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Grange Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Swalls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Prairieton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Prairie Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Glen Ayre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Seelyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Taylorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Cory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Coalmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Eel River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Clay City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Art
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Howesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Cloverland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Prairie City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Staunton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Center Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Billtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Turner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Jasonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Hoosier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- White Rose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Linton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Worthington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Island City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Switz City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Sandborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Freelandville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Coal City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Arney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Atkinsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Freedom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- West Atherton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Rosedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Numa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Bridgeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mecca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Ferndale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Reelsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Putnamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Cloverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Farmersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hymera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Fairbanks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Sullivan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dugger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Gambill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Graysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Paxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Universal
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Sandytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Blanford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Summit Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Saint Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Farrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Weaver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Dennison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Livingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Snyder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Marshall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Clark Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Clarksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- West York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Annapolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackhawk, with the one closest to Blackhawk listed first.
- Elbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Oliver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Vermilion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Huffmanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Bell Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Clays Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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.
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ruggles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Donham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stagg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (429 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Farmersburg.
- The Westlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87340 <2>
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 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.
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Farmersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Youngstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Cory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Hymera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Eel River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Prairie Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jackson Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clay City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Art
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Swalls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
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 137 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 18 miles [29 km]<4>. 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 like to 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 Blackhawk:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vigo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Edgar County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Blackhawk, 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 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'. |