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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 Rockford (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 Rockford. 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 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.

New Rockford is located in Eddy County and is the County Seat.

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 Eddy County: Benson, Foster, Griggs, Nelson & Wells.

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

  • Eddy County     (The home county of New Rockford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Rockford, with the one closest to New Rockford listed first.
    • Sheyenne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Brantford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
      • Brantford is located in Eddy County
    • Hamar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar
      • Hamar is located in Eddy County
  • Benson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Rockford, with the one closest to New Rockford listed first.
    • Oberon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oberon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberon
      • Oberon is located in Benson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oberon <1>
    • Fort Totten
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Tokio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Warwick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warwick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
      • Warwick is located in Benson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <1>
    • Saint Michael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Maddock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maddock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddock
      • Maddock is located in Benson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maddock <1>
    • Minnewaukan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Foster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Rockford, with the one closest to New Rockford listed first.
    • Barlow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
      • Barlow is located in Foster County
    • Guptill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guptill
      • Guptill is located in Foster County
    • Carrington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Grace City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace City
      • Grace City is located in Foster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grace City <1>
    • Melville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
      • Melville is located in Foster County
    • McHenry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Glenfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
      • Glenfield is located in Foster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenfield <1>
  • Wells County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Rockford, with the one closest to New Rockford listed first.
    • Bremen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cathay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Sykeston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fessenden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Bowdon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New Rockford ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Rockford.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New Rockford. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New Rockford and those printed in the larger area surrounding New Rockford.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of New Rockford.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 New Rockford:

Cemeteries Near New Rockford ...

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

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

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

  • Prairie Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • German Free Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Barlow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barlow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barlow Cemetery
  • Morningside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morningside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morningside Cemetery
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
  • Brantford Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brantford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brantford Cemetery
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Eden Lutheran Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • German Baptist Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Baptist Cemetery
  • Carrington Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carrington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carrington Cemetery
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Bourett Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bourett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bourett Cemetery
    • Lake View Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grace City Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace City 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Rockford had a population of 569 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Rockford had a population of 1,272 people.

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

  • Barlow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
    • Barlow is located in Foster County
  • Sheyenne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Carrington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Oberon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oberon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberon
    • Oberon is located in Benson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oberon <1>
  • Sykeston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lallie
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lallie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lallie
    • Lallie is located in Benson County
  • Fort Totten
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Melville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
    • Melville is located in Foster County
  • Minnewaukan
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Rockford. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Rockford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Rockford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6802, Longitude: -99.1374    
<4>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.
<5>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 Rockford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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