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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 Fallon (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 Fallon. 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.

Fallon is located in Morton 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 Morton County: Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Mercer, Oliver, Sioux & Stark.

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

  • Morton County     (The home county of Fallon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fallon, with the one closest to Fallon listed first.
    • Flasher
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flasher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flasher
      • Flasher is located in Morton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flasher <2>
    • Saint Anthony
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyons
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for On-a-Slant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village
      • On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
    • Huff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
      • Huff is located in Morton County
    • Mandan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandan
      • Mandan is located in Morton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,857 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandan <2>
    • Fort Rice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rice
      • Fort Rice is located in Morton County
    • Twin City Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin City Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City Estates
      • Twin City Estates is located in Morton County
    • Almont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sims
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sims have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
      • Sims is located in Morton County
    • New Salem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
      • New Salem is located in Morton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Salem <2>
  • Burleigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fallon, with the one closest to Fallon listed first.
    • Bismarck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bismarck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
      • Bismarck is located in Burleigh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,018 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bismarck <2>
    • Lincoln
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Burleigh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,873 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <2>
    • Double Ditch Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Ditch Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Ditch Indian Village
      • Double Ditch Indian Village is located in Burleigh County
  • Emmons County
    • Livona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livona
      • Livona is located in Emmons County
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fallon, with the one closest to Fallon listed first.
    • Raleigh
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lark have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
      • Lark is located in Grant County
    • Shields
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Saint Gertrude
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gertrude
      • Saint Gertrude is located in Grant County
    • Carson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • Carson is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carson <2>
    • Leith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
      • Leith is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
  • Sioux County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fallon, with the one closest to Fallon listed first.
    • Solen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solen
      • Solen is located in Sioux County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solen <2>
    • Porcupine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cannon Ball
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon Ball have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Ball
      • Cannon Ball is located in Sioux County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cannon Ball <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Fallon ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fallon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fallon, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fallon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Fallon:

Cemeteries Near Fallon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fallon.

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

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

  • St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter & Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Old Fellow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Fellow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fellow Cemetery
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Cemetery
  • St. George Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. George Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Bethesda Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Gabriel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Gabriel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gabriel Cemetery
  • Red Cedar Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Cedar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Cedar Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102318 <4>
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Otter Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otter Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otter Creek Cemetery
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Pleasant Wieew Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Wieew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Wieew Cemetery
    • Park Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Park Cemetery
    • Zion Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion 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 Fallon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fallon.

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

  • Sweet Briar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Briar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
    • Sweet Briar is located in Morton County
  • Judson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
    • Judson is located in Morton County
  • Mandan
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandan
    • Mandan is located in Morton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandan <2>
  • Fort Rice
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rice
    • Fort Rice is located in Morton County
  • Almont
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Livona
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livona
    • Livona is located in Emmons County
  • Bismarck
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bismarck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
    • Bismarck is located in Burleigh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,018 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bismarck <2>
  • Sims
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sims have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
    • Sims is located in Morton County
  • New Salem
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
    • New Salem is located in Morton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Salem <2>

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

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

The official website for Morton County: www.co.morton.nd.us/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fallon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fallon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5122, Longitude: -101.0910       In this case, the coordinates for Fallon 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>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 Fallon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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