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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Independance. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Independance to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Independance, please Contact Us.

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 Independance (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 Independance. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Independance is historic, it would have been located within present day Dunn 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 Dunn County: Billings, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail & Stark.

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

  • Dunn County     (The home county of Independance)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Independance, with the one closest to Independance listed first.
    • Twin Buttes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
      • Twin Buttes is located in Dunn County
    • Halliday
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • McKenzie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Independance, with the one closest to Independance listed first.
    • Mandaree
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandaree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandaree
      • Mandaree is located in McKenzie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mandaree <2>
    • Four Bears Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
      • Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
  • McLean County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Independance, with the one closest to Independance listed first.
    • Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucky Mound. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
      • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
    • Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charging Eagle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
      • Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
    • Shell Creek ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shell Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
      • Shell Creek is located in McLean County
    • Elbowoods ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbowoods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbowoods
      • Elbowoods is located in McLean County
    • Roseglen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • White Shield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Shield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Shield
      • White Shield is located in McLean County
    • Nishu ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nishu. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishu
      • Nishu is located in McLean County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Independance, with the one closest to Independance listed first.
    • Red Butte ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Butte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Butte
      • Red Butte is located in Mercer County
    • Beaver Creek ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
      • Beaver Creek is located in Mercer County
  • Mountrail County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Independance, with the one closest to Independance listed first.
    • Van Hook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Van Hook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
      • Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
    • Parshall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanish
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
      • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
    • Plaza
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
      • Plaza is located in Mountrail County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaza <2>
    • Belden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
      • Belden is located in Mountrail County
  • Ward County
    • Makoti
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Independance ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Independance.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Independance, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Independance.

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 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 Independance:

Cemeteries Near Independance ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Independance.

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

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

  • Holy Family US Scouts Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Queen of Peace Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen of Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Peace Cemetery
  • Crowsheart Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crowsheart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crowsheart Cemetery
  • Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
  • Parshall Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Medicine Stone Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Medicine Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Medicine Stone Cemetery
  • St. Bridget's Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Valley Lutheran Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chase Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chase Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chase Cemetery
  • Roseglen Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roseglen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roseglen Cemetery
  • Holen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holen Cemetery
  • Indian Scout Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • The Indian Scout Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Congregational Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Scout Cemetery
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • Finstad Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Red Butte Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Butte Cemetery

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Independance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Independance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Independance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7532, Longitude: -102.3027    
<6>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.




 

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