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Introduction ...

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

We've added Kibby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kibby, 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 Kibby (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 Kibby. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Kibby is historic, it would have been located within present day Barnes 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 Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

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

  • Barnes County     (The home county of Kibby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kibby, with the one closest to Kibby listed first.
    • Fingal
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Nome
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oriska
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Kathryn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Valley City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • North Valley City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
    • Litchville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sanborn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kibby, with the one closest to Kibby listed first.
    • Alice
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Alice is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Tower City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaffee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Magnolia is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Wheatland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Leonard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Absaraka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ayr
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woods
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Woods is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Durbin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Durbin is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
    • Casselton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Amenia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kibby, with the one closest to Kibby listed first.
    • Enderlin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sheldon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Anselm
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Fort Ransom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lisbon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Elliott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • McLeod
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Richland County
    • Barrie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Barrie is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie

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

Cemeteries Near Kibby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kibby.

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

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

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

  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hill Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Petri Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Petri Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Petri Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Nome.
    • The St. Petri Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Peters Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405853 <3>
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Enderlin City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fillmore Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (60 more) ...
    • St. Johannes Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • St. Olaf Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Waldheim Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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.

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

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

  • Lucca
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lucca is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucca
  • Fingal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cuba
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cuba is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Sheldon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Tower City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Daily
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Daily is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
  • Oriska
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Buttzville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
  • Anselm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Anselm is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
  • Coburn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coburn is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
  • Magnolia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fort Ransom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hastings
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hastings is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
    • Wheatland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kibby ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kibby.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kibby. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kibby and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kibby.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Kibby.

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 Kibby:

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 Kibby, 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 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>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 from Point A (ie- Kibby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.