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 northwest 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 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.
Blackwater is located in Kemper County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kemper County: Sumter (AL), Lauderdale, Neshoba, Noxubee & Winston.
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:
- Kemper County (The home county of Blackwater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- De Kalb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Porterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Sucarnoochee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Electric Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Lynville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Scooba
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wahalak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Giles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Binnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- Daleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Bailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Lockhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Collinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hookston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Suqualena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Nellieburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Meridian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smith
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Lost Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- House
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Bogue Chitto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Ocobla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Tucker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Neshoba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- Chunky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Hickory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Noxubee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- Shuqualak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- Handle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Fearns Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwater, with the one closest to Blackwater listed first.
- Boyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Emelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Cuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- York is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>
- Sumterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Geiger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kinterbish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Ward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ward is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Intercourse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
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.
- Blackwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Daleville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Samuel Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Klondike Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pawticfaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arkadelphia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Daleville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hampton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<2>
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.
- Prismatic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prismatic is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prismatic
- Daleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Mount Nebo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Nebo is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Lizelia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lizelia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizelia
- Kemper Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kemper Springs is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemper Springs
- Oktibbeha ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oktibbeha is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oktibbeha
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Bailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Lockhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Topton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Topton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topton
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Collinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tamola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tamola is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamola
- Enondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Enondale is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enondale
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
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 56 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blackwater.
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 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 Mississippi
- Pages specific to Kemper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lauderdale County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Winston County
- Sumter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blackwater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |