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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 Gwinner (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 Gwinner. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Gwinner is located in Sargent 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 Sargent County: Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Brown (SD) & Marshall (SD).

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

  • Sargent County     (The home county of Gwinner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwinner, with the one closest to Gwinner listed first.
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Stirum
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Forman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Milnor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cogswell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
    • Brampton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Cayuga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
    • Havana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Dickey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwinner, with the one closest to Gwinner listed first.
    • Oakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Glover
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Norway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Ludden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludden is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Guelph
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Guelph is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
  • LaMoure County
    • Verona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwinner, with the one closest to Gwinner listed first.
    • Elliott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Lisbon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • McLeod
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Anselm
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Fort Ransom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sheldon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Enderlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwinner, with the one closest to Gwinner listed first.
    • Wyndmere
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Lidgerwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Marshall County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gwinner, with the one closest to Gwinner listed first.
    • Newark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
    • Kidder
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Marlow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
    • Hillhead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillhead is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
      • Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
    • Britton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Britton is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Britton <1>
    • Veblen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Veblen is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veblen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veblen <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Gwinner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gwinner.

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

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

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

  • Gwinner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Whitestone Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Harlem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunbar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forman Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Forman.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161899 <2>
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Forman.
    • The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264332 <2>
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Milnor Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (61 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.<4>

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

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

  • Harlem ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Harlem is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Forman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Milnor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cogswell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nicholson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholson is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
  • Rutland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ransom City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
  • De Lamere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
  • Lisbon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Straubville ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Straubville is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
  • Brampton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Brampton is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
  • Cayuga
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hamlin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hamlin is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
    • Havana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Buttzville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville

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

Newspapers Published in Gwinner ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gwinner.

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

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 Gwinner:

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