Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Blackbird. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Blackbird to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blackbird, please Contact Us.
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 Blackbird (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 Blackbird. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Blackbird is historic, it would have been located within present day Putnam County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Putnam County: Appanoose (IA), Wayne (IA), Adair, Mercer, Schuyler & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Blackbird. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blackbird:
- Putnam County (The home county of Blackbird)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <3>
- Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Pearl City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Pearl City is located in Putnam County
- Saint John
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint John. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Putnam County
- Livonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Worthington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Worthington is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Lucerne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Powersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Powersville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Novinger
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Kirksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Kirksville is located in Adair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirksville <3>
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Ravanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mercer <3>
- South Lineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lineville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lineville
- South Lineville is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Coatsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coatsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatsville
- Coatsville is located in Schuyler County
- Julesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Glenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Queen City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Lancaster is located in Schuyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <3>
- Greentop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentop
- Greentop is located in Schuyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greentop <3>
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Pennville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Pollock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Boynton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Green City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Greencastle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greencastle is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greencastle <3>
- Newtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Newtown is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <3>
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
- Sticklerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sticklerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Harris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <3>
- Owasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Appanoose County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Cincinnati
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Numa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Numa is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Exline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Coal City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Jerome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,414 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <3>
- Sunshine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Brazil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Brazil is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Plano
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plano have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Plano is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <3>
- Clarkdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Mystic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Moulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Davis County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Mark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - West Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- West Grove is located in Davis County (IA)
- Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paris is located in Davis County (IA)
- Savannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wayne County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Seymour
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Seymour is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <3>
- Promise City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
- Promise City is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Allerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
- Allerton is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allerton <3>
- Corydon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corydon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
- Corydon is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,593 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corydon <3>
- Confidence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Confidence is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Clio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Clio is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Millerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Lineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blackbird, see our County-by-County Page for Blackbird.
Cemeteries Near Blackbird ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blackbird.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blackbird covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Anders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anders Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mendota Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mendota Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mendota Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Crumpacker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crumpacker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crumpacker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pherigo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pherigo Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pherigo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lemonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lemonville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lemonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dodson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shipley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shipley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shipley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bozwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bozwell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bozwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94313 <5>
- Baker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Cullor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cullor Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cullor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dixon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dixon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Burnett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burnett Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burnett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cullor 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.
While we didn't find Blackbird in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blackbird.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blackbird, with the one closest to Blackbird listed first.
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <3>
- Howland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lemons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Elko
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - West Liberty ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- West Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Pennville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Omaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Cincinnati
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Graysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Putnam County
- Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pollock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Glendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Chariton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pollock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blackbird. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blackbird.
Newspapers Published in Blackbird ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackbird.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blackbird, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blackbird.
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 Blackbird:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Mercer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Schuyler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sullivan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Appanoose County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Davis County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Putnam County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Blackbird, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackbird) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blackbird. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5039, Longitude: -92.9719 In this case, the coordinates for Blackbird have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |