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 Blakeville (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 Blakeville. 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 doctors and 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.
Blakeville is located in Lincoln County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Blakeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blakeville:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Blakeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Hughey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Harms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Pearl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Elk Mill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Molino
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Booneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Clarks Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Camargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Whitaker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Willow Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Unionville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Haley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Cortner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Vannatta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Wartrace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Homaway Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Southgate Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Garner Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Beans Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Huntland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Estill Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Trigg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Wheelerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Aymett Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Powell Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Dickson Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Olivet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Ardmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bufords
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Delina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Yell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Belfast
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Cornersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Oak Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cochran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- South Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Scribner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Culleoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Broadview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Southport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Screamer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Lynchburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Countyline
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Rutherford County
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Jackson County (AL)
- Francisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Ardmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Caro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Pettusville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Center Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Elkmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Elkwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Hazel Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Madison Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Meridianville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jeff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Moore's Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blakeville, see our County-by-County Page for Blakeville.
Cemeteries Near Blakeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blakeville.
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 Blakeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blakeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Pigg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pigg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pigg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Isom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Center Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Daniel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Turney - Jacob Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clarke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Childs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crabtree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1746 more) ...
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blakeville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blakeville, with the one closest to Blakeville listed first.
- Hughey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Delina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Howell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Howell is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Archer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Talley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Harms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Ostella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Branchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Yell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Molino
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blakeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blakeville.
Newspapers Published in Blakeville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blakeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blakeville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blakeville.
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 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 Blakeville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 Blakeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blakeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |