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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 Atcoal (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 Atcoal. 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 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.

Atcoal is located in Burke County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Burke County: Mountrail, Renville, Ward & Williams.

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

  • Burke County     (The home county of Atcoal)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atcoal, with the one closest to Atcoal listed first.
    • Larson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
      • Larson is located in Burke County
    • Columbus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
      • Columbus is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <2>
    • Rival ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rival have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
      • Rival is located in Burke County
    • Lignite
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lignite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
      • Lignite is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lignite <2>
    • Portal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Battleview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleview
      • Battleview is located in Burke County
    • Flaxton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flaxton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaxton
      • Flaxton is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flaxton <2>
    • Powers Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowbells
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowbells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowbells
      • Bowbells is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowbells <2>
  • Divide County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atcoal, with the one closest to Atcoal listed first.
    • Noonan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Crosby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ambrose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambrose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
      • Ambrose is located in Divide County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambrose <2>
  • Williams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atcoal, with the one closest to Atcoal listed first.
    • Hamlet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
      • Hamlet is located in Williams County
    • McGregor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Wildrose
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Corinth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Corinth is located in Williams County

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

Newspapers Published in Atcoal ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atcoal.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atcoal, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Atcoal.

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 helpful 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 Atcoal:

Cemeteries Near Atcoal ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atcoal.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Coalfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Coalfield Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Noonan.
    • The Coalfield Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilson Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coalfield Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2462230 <4>
  • Columbus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Columbus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbus Cemetery
  • Prairie Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Chapel Cemetery
  • Short Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Olaf Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Olaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Olaf Cemetery
  • Taylorton Heritage Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Cemetery
  • South Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Bienfait Civic Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Estevan City Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Atcoal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Atcoal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atcoal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9014, Longitude: -102.9118       In this case, the coordinates for Atcoal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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