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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 Manderson - White Horse Creek (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 Manderson - White Horse Creek. 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.

Name Variations for Manderson - White Horse Creek ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Manderson - Whitehorse Creek.

  • A typical abbreviation for Manderson - White Horse Creek: Manderson White Horse Crk. (or less commonly used: Manderson White Horse Ck. or Manderson White Horse Cr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Manderson - White Horse Creek is located in Oglala Lakota County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oglala Lakota County: Dawes (NE), Sheridan (NE), Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson & Pennington.

Below are the counties that are near Manderson - White Horse Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manderson - White Horse Creek:

  • Oglala Lakota County     (The home county of Manderson - White Horse Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manderson - White Horse Creek, with the one closest to Manderson - White Horse Creek listed first.
    • Manderson
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Porcupine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wounded Knee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharps Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
      • Sharps Corner is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Denby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denby
      • Denby is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Oglala
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pine Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Rockyford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
      • Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Batesland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesland
      • Batesland is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesland <1>
    • Kyle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bennett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manderson - White Horse Creek, with the one closest to Manderson - White Horse Creek listed first.
    • Swett ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett
      • Swett is located in Bennett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 283 people
    • Allen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Sheridan County (NE)
    • Whiteclay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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 Manderson - White Horse Creek:

Cemeteries Near Manderson - White Horse Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manderson - White Horse Creek.

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 Manderson - White Horse Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manderson - White Horse Creek, with the one closest to Manderson - White Horse Creek listed first.

  • Holy Jumping Eagle Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Julia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lamont Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Native American Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Native American Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Native American Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Native American Cemetery
  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
  • Tashnke-Ko-Ki-Pa-Pi Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tashnke-Ko-Ki-Pa-Pi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tashnke-Ko-Ki-Pa-Pi Cemetery
  • Red Cloud Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Cloud Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southeast of Pine Ridge.
    • The Red Cloud Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Cloud Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970722 <3>
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • St. Anns Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery

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.<5>

While we didn't find Manderson - White Horse Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manderson - White Horse Creek.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Manderson - White Horse Creek, with the one closest to Manderson - White Horse Creek listed first.

  • Albany ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
    • Albany is located in Sheridan County (NE)
  • Adaton ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adaton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaton
    • Adaton is located in Sheridan County (NE)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manderson - White Horse Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oglala Lakota County: oglalalakota.sdcounties.org/

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Manderson - White Horse Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manderson - White Horse Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2316, Longitude: -102.4701    
<5>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 Manderson - White Horse Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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