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 Blandville (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 Blandville. 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.
Name Variations for Blandville ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Blandville was referred to as Blandville Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Blandville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blandville.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Blandville is located in Ballard 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 Ballard County: Alexander (IL), Pulaski (IL), Carlisle, McCracken & Mississippi (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Blandville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blandville:
- Ballard County (The home county of Blandville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Gage
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Lovelaceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Wickliffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ceredo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Barlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- La Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kevil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bandana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Cunningham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bardwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Milburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Cayce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jordan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Lowes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Melber
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Fancy Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- West Viola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Boaz
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hickory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Westplains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Mayfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Symsonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Spring Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fulgham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Moscow
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Livingston County
- Ledbetter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Marshall County
- Sharpe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Camelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Cimota City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- West Future City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Future City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Massac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Ragland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Grahamville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- West Paducah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Hendron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Krebs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Paducah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cache
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Hodges Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Miller City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tamms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Diswood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Elco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Belknap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cypress
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bender is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Reevesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Joppa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Massac City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brookport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- New Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Big Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Mound City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Olmsted
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Grand Chain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Grand Chain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Pulaski
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Karnak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Perks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ullin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union County (IL)
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blandville, see our County-by-County Page for Blandville.
Cemeteries Near Blandville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blandville.
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 Blandville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blandville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pollock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lockhart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harrison - Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Roselawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bardwell.
- The Roselawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Bardwell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75813 <3>
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Bardwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Bardwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bardwell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Bardwell Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bardwell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72964 <3>
- Elsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blandville had a population of 372 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Blandville had a population of 84 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blandville, with the one closest to Blandville listed first.
- Cunningham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Slater is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
- Bardwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelaceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Hinkleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hinkleville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkleville
- Wickliffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Laketon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laketon is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Kirbyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Milburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Berkley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berkley is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Oscar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oscar is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blandville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blandville.
Newspapers Published in Blandville ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blandville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blandville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blandville.
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 helpful 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 Blandville:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Ballard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Alexander County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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> | 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- Blandville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Blandville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |