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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 Hamlin (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 Hamlin. 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 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 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.

Hamlin 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 Hamlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamlin:

  • Sargent County     (The home county of Hamlin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
    • Cayuga
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Milnor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Forman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Gwinner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Havana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Cogswell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Stirum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Brampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • McLeod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Anselm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Sheldon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Elliott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Wyndmere
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lidgerwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mantador
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Barney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hankinson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Mooreton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Fairview Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
    • Great Bend
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dwight
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Dwight is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Oswald
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Oswald is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswald
    • Galchutt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Galchutt is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
    • Barrie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Barrie is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
    • Colfax
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshall County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Marlow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
    • Veblen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Hillhead
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hillhead is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
      • Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
    • Kidder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Newark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
  • Roberts County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Claire City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hammer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hammer is located in Roberts County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer
      • Estimated population in 2014: 241 people
    • New Effington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hamlin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamlin.

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

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

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

  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
    • The Immanuel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305927 <2>
  • Otterburn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Martin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Shuman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Stine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Wyndmere.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101892 <2>
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Lidgerwood.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102439 <2>
  • Cesko Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cesko Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cesko Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Lidgerwood.
    • The Cesko Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bohemian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101758 <2>
  • Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Lidgerwood.
    • The Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2268111 <2>
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Union Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Nulph Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Wyndmere.
      • The St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. John's Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173686 <2>

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>

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

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

  • Ransom City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
  • Geneseo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Geneseo is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
  • Cayuga
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • De Lamere
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
  • Lidgerwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyndmere
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Moselle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Moselle is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
  • Milnor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Stiles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Stiles is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
  • Rutland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Barney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Forman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hankinson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Mooreton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Havana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hamlin ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamlin.

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

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 Hamlin:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamlin) 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 Hamlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.