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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 Blacknel (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 Blacknel. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Blacknel is located in Lee County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lee County: Chatham, Harnett & Moore.

Below are the counties that are near Blacknel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blacknel:

  • Lee County     (The home county of Blacknel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Osgood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Osgood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
    • Colon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Colon is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • San-Lee Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
    • Cumnock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cumnock is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
    • Green Valley Estates
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Wildwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wildwood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Edgewater Estates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
    • Sanford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Broadway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jonesboro Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
    • Saint Andrews
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
    • Western Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Western Hills is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
  • Alamance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Mandale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Mandale is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
    • Eli Whitney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
    • Sutphin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sutphin is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
    • Saxapahaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Snow Camp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Melville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Melville is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Moncure
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Haywood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Haywood is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Brickhaven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
    • Farmville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Corinth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Corinth is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Pittsboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Gulf is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
    • Bynum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bynum is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Goldston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fearrington Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
    • Carbonton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Carbonton is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
    • Bear Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
    • Bonlee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bonlee is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
  • Cumberland County
    • Manchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Manchester is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Durham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Morrisville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkwood is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Nelson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Nelson is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Brassfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Brassfield is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
    • The American Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • The American Village is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
    • Durham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Harnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Seminole
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Seminole is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
    • Cokesbury
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
    • Duncan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Duncan is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Ryes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ryes is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryes
    • Boone Trail
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
    • Mamers
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mamers is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamers
    • Rawls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Rawls is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
    • Murchisontown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
    • Olivia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
    • Kipling
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Kipling is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
    • Luart
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Luart is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luart
    • Barbecue
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Barbecue is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
  • Moore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Cameron
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Carthage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkwood is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Vass
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Lakeview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Whispering Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Robbins
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Dogwood Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
    • Chapel Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Carrboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Davie Circle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Davie Circle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
    • Greenwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Mount Bolus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mount Bolus is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bolus
    • Rangewood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Rangewood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
    • Spring Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Tenney Circle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Tenney Circle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney Circle
    • Calvander
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Calvander is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
    • Laurel Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
    • Ashley Forest
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
    • Lake Ellen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • Staley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coleridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Coleridge is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
    • Liberty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.
    • New Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollemans Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
      • Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
      • Collins
      • Enno
    • Holly Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Wilbon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Wilbon is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
    • Apex
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Apex is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
    • Indian Trail
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Trail is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
    • Fuquay - Varina
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Kennebec
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Kennebec is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
    • Dutchess Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
    • Hazelwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazelwood is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Macks Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Macks Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
    • McCullers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • McCullers is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
    • Mount Pleasant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blacknel, see our County-by-County Page for Blacknel.

Cemeteries Near Blacknel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blacknel.

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 Blacknel - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blacknel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.

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 Blacknel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blacknel.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Blacknel, with the one closest to Blacknel listed first.

  • Moncure
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Haywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Haywood is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
  • Merry Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Merry Oaks is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
  • Corinth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Corinth is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Pittsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gulf
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gulf is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
  • New Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bynum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Bynum is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
  • Goldston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Holly Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Apex
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
  • Silk Hope
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cary
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cary is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Chapel Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cameron
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blacknel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blacknel.

Newspapers Published in Blacknel ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blacknel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blacknel, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blacknel.

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 Blacknel:

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 Blacknel, 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' (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- Blacknel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.