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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 Hampden (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 Hampden. 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 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.

Hampden is located in Ramsey 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 Ramsey County: Benson, Cavalier, Nelson, Towner & Walsh.

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

  • Ramsey County     (The home county of Hampden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampden, with the one closest to Hampden listed first.
    • Starkweather
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Edmore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmore
      • Edmore is located in Ramsey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmore <1>
    • Saint Joe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Joe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
      • Saint Joe is located in Ramsey County
    • Garske
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garske
      • Garske is located in Ramsey County
    • Lawton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Lawton is located in Ramsey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <1>
    • Webster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brocket
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brocket have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocket
      • Brocket is located in Ramsey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brocket <1>
    • Penn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cavalier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampden, with the one closest to Hampden listed first.
    • Alsen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Loma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Loma is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
    • Nekoma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
      • Nekoma is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nekoma <1>
    • Munich
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munich
      • Munich is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Calio
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calio
      • Calio is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
    • Langdon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langdon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
      • Langdon is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langdon <1>
    • Dresden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
      • Dresden is located in Cavalier County
    • Osnabrock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osnabrock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osnabrock
      • Osnabrock is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osnabrock <1>
    • Wales
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wales have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
      • Wales is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wales <1>
    • Calvin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hannah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Towner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampden, with the one closest to Hampden listed first.
    • Egeland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egeland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egeland
      • Egeland is located in Towner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egeland <1>
    • Cando
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cando have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cando
      • Cando is located in Towner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cando <1>
    • Maza
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maza
      • Maza is located in Towner County
  • Walsh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampden, with the one closest to Hampden listed first.
    • Fairdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
      • Fairdale is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairdale <1>
    • Adams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hampden ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampden.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hampden. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hampden and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hampden.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Hampden.

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 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 Hampden:

Cemeteries Near Hampden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hampden.

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

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

  • Storlie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Cemetery
  • Loma Community Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • East Salem Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Salem Cemetery
  • South Salem Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Salem Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Starweather Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Starweather Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Starweather Cemetery
  • Edmore Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edmore Cemetery
  • St. Edwards Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Edwards Cemetery
  • Zion Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • St. Ansgar Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Nekoma Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nekoma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nekoma Cemetery
    • St. Bonafice Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bonafice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bonafice Cemetery
    • Kalhagen Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kalhagen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kalhagen 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 Hampden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hampden.

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

  • Starkweather
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Langdon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langdon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Langdon is located in Cavalier County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langdon <1>
  • Cando
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cando have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cando
    • Cando is located in Towner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cando <1>
  • Adams
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Milton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Penn
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Harbor
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
    • Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
  • Mount Carmel
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Mount Carmel is located in Cavalier County
  • Hannah
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

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 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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hampden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hampden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5395, Longitude: -98.6548       In this case, the coordinates for Hampden 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 Hampden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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