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 Black Jack (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 Black Jack. 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 doctors 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.
Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Louis County: Madison (IL), Monroe (IL), Saint Clair (IL), Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles & Saint Louis.
Below are the counties that are near Black Jack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Jack:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Black Jack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Spanish Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Castle Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Dellwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dellwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
- Moline Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
- Calverton Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calverton Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Ferguson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
- Florissant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Glasgow Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Berkeley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
- Franklin County
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Murphy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Maxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Flamm City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Parkdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- High Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Byrnes Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Imperial
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kimmswick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Cap au Gris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Old Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Winfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Foley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- West Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Des Sioux
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harvester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Peters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- O'Fallon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Dardenne Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Baden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- University City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Cheltenham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Saint Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tower Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Carondelet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Deer Plain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brussels
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Batchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Kane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Elsah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Grafton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Delhi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- McClusky
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Otterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jerseyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fieldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fidelity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nutwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Macoupin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Brighton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Miles Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Piasa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shipman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Medora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summerville is located in Macoupin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Royal Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Dorchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Plainview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Challacombe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Challacombe is located in Macoupin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
- Nameoki
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Brooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Hartford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Melville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Melville is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Granite City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Belmont Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- East Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Alton is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County (IL)
- Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- National City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Saint Louis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Washington Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Sauget
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sauget is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauget
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauget <1>
- Cahokia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <1>
- Alorton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alorton is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alorton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alorton <1>
- Bunkum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Caseyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centreville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- French Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Jack, see our County-by-County Page for Black Jack.
Cemeteries Near Black Jack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Jack.
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 Black Jack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Jack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Cold Water Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old St. Ferdinand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Ferdinand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old St. Ferdinand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Florissant.
- The Old St. Ferdinand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spanish Land Grant Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433491 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethlehem Cemetery
- The New Bethlehem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Memorial
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164041 <2>
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frieden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Espedeza Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Washington Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (419 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Charles Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles Park Cemetery
- The Lake Charles Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Charles Cemetery
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 Black Jack in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Black Jack.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Jack, with the one closest to Black Jack listed first.
- Cross Keys
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Spanish Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Florissant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
- Ferguson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Kinloch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinloch is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 292 people
- Jennings
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Baden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Normandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Hillsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,536 people
- Black Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Walnut is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Walnut
- Pattonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pattonville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wellston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wellston is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Nameoki
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Jack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Jack.
Newspapers Published in Black Jack ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Jack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Jack, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Jack.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Black Jack:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Black Jack, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Jack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |