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 Blackwater (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 Blackwater. 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.
Blackwater is located in Laurel County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Laurel County : Clay , Jackson , Knox , McCreary , Pulaski , Rockcastle & Whitley .
Below are the counties that are near Blackwater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blackwater:
Laurel County (The home county of Blackwater)
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Lake (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Marydell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Bush (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Maplesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Lily (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Sublimity City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Sublimity City is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City London (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Hopewell (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Hopewell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Dorthae (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Dorthae is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorthae Pittsburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Pittsburg is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg East Bernstadt (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Greenmount (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Keavy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Keavy is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keavy Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Fourmile (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Fourmile is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Rella (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Beverly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Arjay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Sims Fork (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Ingram (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Ingram is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Dorton Branch (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Dorton Branch is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch Pineville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Straight Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Jenson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Kettle Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Wasioto (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Wasioto is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasioto Stoney Fork (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Urban (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Urban is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Hima (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Hima is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hima Garrard (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Garrard is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Larue (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Sidell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Manchester (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Goose Rock (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Goose Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rock Fogertown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Benge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Fall Rock (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Brightshade (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Burning Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Laurel Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Harlan County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Tacky Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Tacky Town is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town Coldiron (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bledsoe (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bledsoe is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Wallins Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Annville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Peoples (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Dabolt (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Tyner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk McKee (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Waneta (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Crane Nest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Woollum (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Woollum is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woollum Girdler (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Cannon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Cannon is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Gray (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Hinkle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Hinkle is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle Heidrick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Heidrick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick Barbourville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Bimble (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
North Corbin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
North Corbin is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin Dewitt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Scalf (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Artemus (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Artemus is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Bear Branch (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Roark (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Essie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Sizerock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Warbranch (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Asher (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Hoskinston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Mozelle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Stinnett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Thousandsticks (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Helton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Hyden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Wendover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Owsley County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Island City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Mistletoe (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Sebastian (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Ricetown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Southfork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Travellers Rest (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Vincent (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Saul (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Buckhorn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Pulaski County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Acorn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Acorn is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Mount Victory (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory Whetstone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Whetstone is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Dykes (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Dykes is located in Pulaski County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Rockcastle County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Livingston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mullins (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mullins is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Hansford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Hansford is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford Orlando (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Orlando is located in Rockcastle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando Whitley County
The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Corbin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Woodbine (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Woodbine is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Rockholds (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Rockholds is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds Louden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Louden is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Siler (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Siler is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler Verne (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Verne is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne Nevisdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Nevisdale is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale Liberty (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Williamsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Emlyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Emlyn is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn Packard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Packard is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Pleasant View (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is located in Whitley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blackwater, see our County-by-County Page for Blackwater .
Cemeteries Near Blackwater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blackwater.
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 Blackwater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blackwater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Taylor Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> London . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76241 <3>
McFadden Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Sasser Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cobb Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Tuttle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hale Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Blanton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hoskins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Vaughn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Providence Baptist Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Baptist Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> London . The Providence Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Providence Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1444998 <3>
Gregory Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (486 more) ...
Helton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Cottongim Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Coy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Blackwater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blackwater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
Cane Creek (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Cane Creek is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Marydell (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Tuttle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Tuttle is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttle Crane Nest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Crane Nest is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest Fletcher (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Fletcher is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Pigeonroost (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Pigeonroost is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeonroost Girdler (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Girdler is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler Fariston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Fariston is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fariston Gray (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Langnau (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Langnau is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langnau Maplesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Lily (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lily is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Continue List (13 more) ...
Emanuel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Emanuel is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Crawford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Crawford is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Manchester (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blackwater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blackwater .
Newspapers Published in Blackwater ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackwater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blackwater, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Blackwater.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Blackwater:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Laurel County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Harlan County Jackson County Knox County Leslie County Owsley County Perry County Pulaski County Rockcastle County Whitley County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blackwater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackwater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Blackwater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.