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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 De Sart (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 De Sart. 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 southeast 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 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.

De Sart is located in Slope 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 Slope County: Fallon (MT), Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger & Stark.

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

  • Slope County     (The home county of De Sart)
    • Amidon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amidon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amidon
      • Amidon is located in Slope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amidon <2>
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Sart, with the one closest to De Sart listed first.
    • Reeder
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bucyrus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucyrus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
      • Bucyrus is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Hettinger
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bowman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Sart, with the one closest to De Sart listed first.
    • Gascoyne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gascoyne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gascoyne
      • Gascoyne is located in Bowman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
    • Scranton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
      • Bowman is located in Bowman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
      • Former names for Bowman:
      • Eden
      • Lowden
      • Twin Buttes
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowman <2>
    • Haley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Hettinger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Sart, with the one closest to De Sart listed first.
    • New England
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Regent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
      • Regent is located in Hettinger County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Regent <2>
    • Mott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
      • Mott is located in Hettinger County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mott <2>
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Sart, with the one closest to De Sart listed first.
    • Schefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schefield
      • Schefield is located in Stark County
    • Lefor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in De Sart ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around De Sart.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of De Sart, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for De Sart.

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 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 De Sart:

Cemeteries Near De Sart ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Sart.

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 De Sart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Johnson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
  • DeSart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the DeSart Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of New England.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the DeSart Cemetery
  • Carroll Twp. Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierce Cemetery
  • Rainy Butte Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rainy Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rainy Butte Cemetery
  • Cedar Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Lutheran Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of Scranton.
    • The Cedar Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cedar Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101803 <4>
  • Haven of Rest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Haven of Rest Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haven of Rest Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2559910 <4>
  • St. Helena Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Helena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Helena Cemetery
  • Tepee Butte Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tepee Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tepee Butte Cemetery
  • Schmidt Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schmidt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schmidt Cemetery
  • Whetstone Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Peace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Cemetery
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Havelock Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Havelock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Havelock Cemetery
    • New England Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Our Redeemers Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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.<6>

While we didn't find De Sart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of De Sart.

  • New England
    (11 miles [17.7 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 De Sart. See our List of 1890's Communities around De Sart.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for De Sart. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- De Sart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in De Sart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3789, Longitude: -102.9582       In this case, the coordinates for De Sart 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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 De Sart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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