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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 Hoving (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 Hoving. 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 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.

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

  • Sargent County     (The home county of Hoving)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hoving, with the one closest to Hoving listed first.
    • Gwinner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Milnor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Forman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Stirum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Rutland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
    • Cayuga
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cogswell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Havana
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Brampton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
  • Dickey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hoving, with the one closest to Hoving listed first.
    • Oakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Glover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Norway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
  • LaMoure County
    • Verona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hoving, with the one closest to Hoving listed first.
    • Lisbon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Elliott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • McLeod
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Anselm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Sheldon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Enderlin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Fort Ransom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hoving, with the one closest to Hoving listed first.
    • Wyndmere
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lidgerwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Barney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Mantador
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Barrie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrie is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
  • Marshall County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hoving, with the one closest to Hoving listed first.
    • Marlow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
    • Newark
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
    • Kidder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Hillhead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hillhead is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
      • Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
    • Veblen
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Hoving, see our County-by-County Page for Hoving.

Cemeteries Near Hoving ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hoving.

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

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

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

  • Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitestone Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gwinner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunbar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Milnor Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shuman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Harlem Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 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>
  • Forman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 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>
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Immanuel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Old Trinity Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Hoving in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hoving.

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

  • Milnor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Forman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • De Lamere
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
  • Harlem ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Harlem is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Rutland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ransom City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
  • Cogswell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cayuga
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lisbon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hamlin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamlin is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Nicholson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholson is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
  • Venlo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Venlo is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venlo
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Geneseo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Geneseo is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
    • Buttzville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
    • Anselm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm

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

Newspapers Published in Hoving ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoving.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hoving, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hoving.

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 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 Hoving:

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' (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- Hoving) 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 Hoving, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.