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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 Hurdsfield (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 Hurdsfield. 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.

Hurdsfield is located in Wells 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 Wells County: Benson, Eddy, Foster, Kidder, Pierce, Sheridan & Stutsman.

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

  • Wells County     (The home county of Hurdsfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurdsfield, with the one closest to Hurdsfield listed first.
    • Chaseley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bowdon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowdon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdon
      • Bowdon is located in Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowdon <1>
    • Fessenden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fessenden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fessenden
      • Fessenden is located in Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fessenden <1>
    • Harvey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
      • Harvey is located in Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvey <1>
    • Sykeston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Cathay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cathay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathay
      • Cathay is located in Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cathay <1>
    • Hamberg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamberg
      • Hamberg is located in Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamberg <1>
  • Burleigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurdsfield, with the one closest to Hurdsfield listed first.
    • Arena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
      • Arena is located in Burleigh County
    • Wing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
      • Wing is located in Burleigh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wing <1>
  • Kidder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurdsfield, with the one closest to Hurdsfield listed first.
    • Tuttle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Robinson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
      • Robinson is located in Kidder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robinson <1>
    • Lake Williams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Williams
      • Lake Williams is located in Kidder County
    • Pettibone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettibone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettibone
      • Pettibone is located in Kidder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pettibone <1>
  • Pierce County
    • Selz
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selz
      • Selz is located in Pierce County
  • Sheridan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurdsfield, with the one closest to Hurdsfield listed first.
    • Goodrich
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodrich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
      • Goodrich is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodrich <1>
    • Denhoff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • McClusky
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Martin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hurdsfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurdsfield.

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

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

  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chaseley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chaseley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chaseley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mennonite Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goodrich Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goodrich Adventist Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodrich Adventist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodrich Adventist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bowdon Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowdon Lutheran Cemetery
    • The Bowdon Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Byrnjulson Cemetery
  • Dunkard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunkard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mielke Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mielke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mielke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stark Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stark Mennonite Church Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Stark Mennonite Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stark Mennonite Church Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the south of Wing.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2337408 <3>
  • Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • St. James Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Denhoff Adventist Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • St. Petri Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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>

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

  • Sykeston
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hurdsfield ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurdsfield.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hurdsfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hurdsfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hurdsfield.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5> of Hurdsfield.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hurdsfield:

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hurdsfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hurdsfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4478, Longitude: -99.9304       In this case, the coordinates for Hurdsfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hurdsfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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