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 Dumont (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 Dumont. 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.
Dumont is located in Traverse County.
To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Traverse County: Big Stone, Grant, Stevens, Wilkin, Richland (ND) & Roberts (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Dumont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dumont:
- Traverse County (The home county of Dumont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Collis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Collis is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collis
- Wheaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesville is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Tintah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tintah is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Browns Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Big Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Graceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Barry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Beardsley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Herman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Herman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Norcross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norcross is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Wendell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Elbow Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thorsborg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thorsborg is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsborg
- Stevens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Chokio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Donnelly is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Alberta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alberta is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nashua is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Tenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tenney is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
- Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
- Childs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Childs is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Campbell is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Richland County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Fairmount
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oswald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oswald is located in Richland County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswald
- Grant County (SD)
- Big Stone City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roberts County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- White Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Rosholt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
- Hartford Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford Beach is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
- South Dakota Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Dakota Park is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dakota Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
- New Effington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peever Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peever Flats is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peever Flats
- Peever
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hammer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hammer is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer
- Estimated population in 2014: 241 people
- Sisseton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dumont, see our County-by-County Page for Dumont.
Cemeteries Near Dumont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dumont.
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 Dumont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dumont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Siloah Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloah Lutheran Cemetery
- The Siloah Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Siloah Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Reformed Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graceville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Monson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (110 more) ...
- Big Stone Hutterite Colony Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sharon Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lake View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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, Dumont had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dumont had a population of 87 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dumont, with the one closest to Dumont listed first.
- Collis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Collis is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collis
- Wheaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Barry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Herman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Herman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Chokio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norcross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norcross is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- White Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Beardsley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Donnelly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Donnelly is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tintah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tintah is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Browns Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Tenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tenney is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
- Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dumont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dumont.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dumont ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dumont.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dumont. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dumont and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dumont.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Dumont.
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 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 Dumont:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Traverse County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Big Stone County
- Grant County
- Stevens County
- Wilkin County
- Richland County
- Grant County
- Roberts County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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 Dumont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Dumont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |