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 Blackgum (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 Blackgum. 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.
Blackgum is located in Sequoyah County.
To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sequoyah County: Crawford (AR), Sebastian (AR), Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Le Flore & Muskogee.
Below are the counties that are near Blackgum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blackgum:
- Sequoyah County (The home county of Blackgum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Box
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Evening Shade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Redbird Smith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Paradise Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Vian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinhook Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Dwight Mission
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Gore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Flute Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Marble City Community
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McKey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Bunch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Greasy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Rocky Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Wauhillau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Cherry Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Zion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Bell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bell is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Marietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stilwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Proctor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Cookson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Bay
- Pettit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pettit is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Dry Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Barber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Caney Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Carters Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carters Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Landing
- Keys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keys is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
- Tenkiller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Zeb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Woodall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Park Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haskell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Tamaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Keota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stigler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Whitefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoyt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Le Flore County
- Cowlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- McIntosh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Shady Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Duchess Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
- Rentiesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Texanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Texanna is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Sour John
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Webbers Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Braggs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- River Bottom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Fort Gibson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Simms
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Warner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bacone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wybark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Porum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Oktaha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Mallard Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Okay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Tullahassee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Crawford County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Barcelona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Washington County (AR)
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blackgum, see our County-by-County Page for Blackgum.
Cemeteries Near Blackgum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blackgum.
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 Blackgum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blackgum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Box Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Box Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Box.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1125665 <2>
- Red Bird Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barnoskie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnoskie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnoskie Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Evening Shade.
- The Barnoskie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barnisky Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2280708 <2>
- Tony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee - McCoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Philipps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vian Garden of Memories
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sellers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tee Hee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Cookson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Still Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Blackgum in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blackgum.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blackgum, with the one closest to Blackgum listed first.
- Seven Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blackgum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blackgum.
Newspapers Published in Blackgum ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackgum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blackgum, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blackgum.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Blackgum:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Sequoyah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Haskell County
- Le Flore County
- McIntosh County
- Muskogee County
- Wagoner County
- Crawford County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackgum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blackgum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |