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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 Duane (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 Duane. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Duane is located in Dickey County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickey County: LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Sargent, Brown (SD) & McPherson (SD).

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

  • Dickey County     (The home county of Duane)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duane, with the one closest to Duane listed first.
    • Ellendale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Monango
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Monango is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Fullerton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Silverleaf
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
    • Merricourt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
    • Forbes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Guelph
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Guelph is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
    • Norway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Ludden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ludden is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Oakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Glover
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • LaMoure County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duane, with the one closest to Duane listed first.
    • Berlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Edgeley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • LaMoure
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Kulm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kulm is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulm <1>
    • Grand Rapids
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • Verona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sargent County
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
  • Brown County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duane, with the one closest to Duane listed first.
    • Winship
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
    • Frederick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hecla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hecla is located in Brown County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hecla <1>
    • Barnard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Houghton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Westport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • McPherson County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duane, with the one closest to Duane listed first.
    • Spring Creek Colony
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Creek Colony is located in McPherson County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Colony
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 268 people
    • Leola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Leola is located in McPherson County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Duane ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Duane.

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 Duane - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Maple View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Peace Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Merricourt Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Savo Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Forbes Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Frederick Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hoffnungsfeld Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ludden Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Duane had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Duane, with the one closest to Duane listed first.

  • Boynton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Boynton is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
  • Monango
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Monango is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
  • Silverleaf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
  • Fullerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Winship
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
  • Merricourt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
  • Guelph
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Guelph is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
  • Clement
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clement is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
  • Frederick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Port Emma ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Port Emma is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma
  • Ludden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Ludden is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
  • Medberry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Medberry is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medberry
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Berlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hecla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hecla is located in Brown County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hecla <1>
    • Oakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Duane ...

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 Duane.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Duane, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Duane.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Duane:

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 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.
<3>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 Duane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Duane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.