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 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Hamlin is located in Sargent 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 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ransom City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Cayuga is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <2>
- Milnor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
- Milnor is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <2>
- Rutland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Rutland is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutland <2>
- Forman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gwinner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gwinner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwinner
- Gwinner is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gwinner <2>
- Havana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harlem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem is located in Sargent County
- Cogswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stirum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
- Stirum is located in Sargent County
- Brampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
- Brampton is located in Sargent County
- Straubville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
- Straubville is located in Sargent County
- 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)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anselm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
- Anselm is located in Ransom County
- Sheldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elliott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Elliott is located in Ransom County
- 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)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairview Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
- Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
- Great Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dwight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Dwight is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Oswald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oswald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswald
- Oswald is located in Richland County
- Galchutt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
- Galchutt is located in Richland County
- Barrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
- Barrie is located in Richland County
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
- Veblen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hillhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
- Hillhead is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
- Kidder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claire City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claire City
- Claire City is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claire City <2>
- Hammer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer
- Hammer is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Estimated population in 2014: 241 people
- New Effington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Effington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Effington
- New Effington is located in Roberts County (SD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Effington <2>
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.
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 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.
- Otterburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Martin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shuman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shuman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shuman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Stine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lidgerwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2256207 <5>
- Elk Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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<4> to the south of Wyndmere.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101892 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saint Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint Johns Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the south of Lidgerwood.
- The Saint Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- Saint Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102439 <5>
- Cesko Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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<4> 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 <5>
- Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <5>
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Nulph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nulph Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nulph Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nulph Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the northwest of Mantador.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102235 <5>
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Wyndmere.
- The Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Saint John's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173686 <5>
- Anderson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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.<6>
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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ransom City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County
- Geneseo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneseo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
- Geneseo is located in Sargent County
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Cayuga is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <2>
- De Lamere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Lamere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
- De Lamere is located in Sargent County
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moselle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Moselle is located in Richland County
- Milnor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
- Milnor is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <2>
- Stiles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stiles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Stiles is located in Richland County
- Rutland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Rutland is located in Sargent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutland <2>
- Barney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hankinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mooreton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Venlo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venlo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venlo
- Venlo is located in Ransom County
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]<4>. 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 first visit 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 Hamlin:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to Sargent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ransom County
- Richland County
- Marshall County
- Roberts County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Dakota
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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- Hamlin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hamlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1661, Longitude: -97.2851 In this case, the coordinates for Hamlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |