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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 New Hradec (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 New Hradec. 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.

Name Variations for New Hradec ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Prior to its current name of New Hradec, it was known as Novy Hradec.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

A Few Details for New Hradec ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • The naming (or the toponymy) of New Hradec: Originally named &Novy Hradec&; meaning &New Castle& in Czech. The name was later changed to &New Hradec&.
  • New Hradec was founded in 1887.

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 hospitals 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.

New Hradec is located in 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 New Hradec. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hradec:

  • Dunn County     (The home county of New Hradec)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hradec, with the one closest to New Hradec listed first.
    • Manning
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Killdeer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killdeer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killdeer
      • Killdeer is located in Dunn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killdeer <1>
    • Marshall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Dunn Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Center
      • Dunn Center is located in Dunn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn Center <1>
  • Billings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hradec, with the one closest to New Hradec listed first.
    • Fairfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fryburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
      • Fryburg is located in Billings County
    • Medora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hradec, with the one closest to New Hradec listed first.
    • Dickinson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • South Heart
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Heart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heart
      • South Heart is located in Stark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Heart <1>
    • Belfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfield
      • Belfield is located in Stark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belfield <1>
    • Gladstone
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
      • Gladstone is located in Stark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <1>
    • Taylor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Stark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <1>
    • Schefield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schefield
      • Schefield is located in Stark County
    • Lefor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Richardton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in New Hradec ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hradec.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hradec, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Hradec.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 New Hradec:

Cemeteries Near New Hradec ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hradec.

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

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

  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
  • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
  • Dickinson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickinson Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • St. Demetrius Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery

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

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

  • Dickinson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • South Heart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Heart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heart
    • South Heart is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Heart <1>
  • Belfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfield
    • Belfield is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,035 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belfield <1>
  • Gladstone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
    • Gladstone is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <1>
  • Fryburg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
    • Fryburg is located in Billings County
  • Taylor
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Taylor is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <1>
  • Sully Springs
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sully Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sully Springs
    • Sully Springs is located in Billings County
  • Richardton
    (27 miles [43.5 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 New Hradec. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hradec.

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: 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>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 from Point A (ie- New Hradec) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Hradec. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0000, Longitude: -102.8822    
<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 New Hradec, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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