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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 Fort Clark (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 Fort Clark. 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 Fort Clark ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Clark: Ft. Clark

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fort Clark. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Clark.

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 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.

Fort Clark is located in Oliver 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 Oliver County: Burleigh, McLean, Mercer & Morton.

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

  • Oliver County     (The home county of Fort Clark)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Clark, with the one closest to Fort Clark listed first.
    • Hensler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hensler is located in Oliver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
    • Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sanger
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Sanger is located in Oliver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
    • Hannover
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannover is located in Oliver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
  • Burleigh County
    • Double Ditch Indian Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • McLean County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Clark, with the one closest to Fort Clark listed first.
    • Washburn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Underwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Riverdale Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Riverdale Junction is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Junction
    • Riverdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Coleharbor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wilton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Turtle Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Garrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mercer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Clark, with the one closest to Fort Clark listed first.
    • Knife River Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Knife River Village is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River Village
    • Stanton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Krem ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Krem is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krem
    • Pick City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pick City is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pick City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Beulah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Morton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Clark, with the one closest to Fort Clark listed first.
    • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
    • New Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sweet Briar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sweet Briar is located in Morton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Clark ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Clark.

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 Fort Clark - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Alderin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Deapolis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bagley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Conklin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Basto Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Pauls Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Center.
  • Hensler Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Stanton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hannover Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gaines Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bagnell Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...
    • Sanger Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Zoar Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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>

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

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

  • Hensler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hensler is located in Oliver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
  • Stanton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Washburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hannover
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hannover is located in Oliver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
  • Sanger
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sanger is located in Oliver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
  • Krem ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Krem is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krem
  • Wogansport
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wogansport is located in Burleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wogansport
  • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
  • Turtle Lake
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Salem
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Judson
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Judson is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
  • Sweet Briar
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sweet Briar is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Clark ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Clark.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Clark, 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 Fort Clark.

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 helpful 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 Fort Clark:

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 Fort Clark, 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' (or 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- Fort Clark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.