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 Marmarth (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 Marmarth. 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 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 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.

Marmarth is located in Slope 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 Slope County: Fallon (MT), Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger & Stark.

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

• Bowman County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Marmarth, with the one closest to Marmarth listed first.
  • Rhame
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhame have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhame
    • Rhame is located in Bowman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhame <2>
  • Bowman
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
    • Bowman is located in Bowman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Former names for Bowman:
    • Eden
    • Lowden
    • Twin Buttes
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowman <2>
• Golden Valley County
  • Golva
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golva have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golva
    • Golva is located in Golden Valley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golva <2>
• Fallon County (MT)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Marmarth, with the one closest to Marmarth listed first.
  • Baker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Baker is located in Fallon County (MT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,897 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
  • Willard
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Willard is located in Fallon County (MT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willard <2>
  • Plevna
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plevna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
    • Plevna is located in Fallon County (MT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plevna <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Marmarth ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marmarth.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Marmarth. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Marmarth and those printed in the larger area surrounding Marmarth.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Marmarth.

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 Marmarth:

• Websites specific to North Dakota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the State Archives

• Pages specific to Slope County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Bowman County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Golden Valley County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Fallon County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for North Dakota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of North Dakota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of North Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Slope County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of North Dakota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of North Dakota

Cemeteries Near Marmarth ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marmarth.

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

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

• Riverside Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• Fertile Prairie Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fertile Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fertile Prairie Cemetery
• St. Paul Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
• Tuttle Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuttle Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102670 <4>
• Askin Family Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Askin Family Cemetery
• Bonnievale Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bonnievale Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20776 <4>
• St. John The Evangelist Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • The St. John The Evangelist Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. John Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John The Evangelist Cemetery
• Ollie Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ollie Cemetery
• Carlyle Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlyle Cemetery
• Bowman Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowman Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101763 <4>
• St. Charles Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles Cemetery
• Burkey Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burkey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burkey Cemetery
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • Grand River Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand River Cemetery
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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