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 Blacklog (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 Blacklog. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Blacklog is located in Juniata County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Juniata County: Huntingdon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near Blacklog. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blacklog:
- Juniata County (The home county of Blacklog)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Reeds Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
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- Peru Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Perulack
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- East Rutherford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Doyles Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Old Port
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Mifflin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Port Royal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mifflintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Covedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Shellytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Beavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Point View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oreminea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Pine Grove Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Boalsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fruittown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Fairbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Panorama Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Potters Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Bloomsdorf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Ramblewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Linden Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Musser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Centre Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Lemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- State College
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Big Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Shippensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lees Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Huntsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Schlusser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montsera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Mowersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Orrstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Pinola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Freestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Green Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Keefers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Metal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Clear Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Waterfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Mount Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Aughwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Shirleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Mill Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Donation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Orbisonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ennisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Rockhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Colfax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Huntingdon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Mattawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Atkinson Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Allensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kistler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Menno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Belleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- New Germantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Cisna Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Bixler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Ickesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Eshcol
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Elliottsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Landisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alinda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Mecks Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Bannerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blacklog, see our County-by-County Page for Blacklog.
Cemeteries Near Blacklog ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blacklog.
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 Blacklog - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blacklog covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barkley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mattawana Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCoysville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton United Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morrison Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Bell's Furnace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Otelia Mennonite Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blacklog had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blacklog, with the one closest to Blacklog listed first.
- Peru Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Ryde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ryde is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
- East Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Waterford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waterford
- Mattawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Longfellow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Horningford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Vineyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Honey Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCoysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCoysville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoysville
- McVeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Atkinson Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blacklog. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blacklog.
Newspapers Published in Blacklog ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blacklog.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blacklog, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blacklog.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Blacklog:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Juniata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 Blacklog, 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- Blacklog) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |