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 Pitcairn (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 Pitcairn. 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 hospitals and 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.
Pitcairn is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Traverse (MN), Wilkin (MN), Cass, Ransom, Sargent & Roberts (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Pitcairn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pitcairn:
- Richland County (The home county of Pitcairn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitcairn, with the one closest to Pitcairn listed first.
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galchutt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galchutt is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
- Abercrombie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walcott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dwight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Christine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairview Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
- Mooreton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wahpeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barrie is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
- Wyndmere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitcairn, with the one closest to Pitcairn listed first.
- Oxbow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oxbow is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Kindred
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Warren is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Wild Rice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Davenport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Woods is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Briarwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Leonard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Frontier is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Prairie Rose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Durbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Durbin is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Ransom County
- McLeod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clay County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitcairn, with the one closest to Pitcairn listed first.
- Comstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Baker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Baker is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Sabin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Barnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Finkle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Moorhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Otter Tail County (MN)
- Rothsay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkin County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitcairn, with the one closest to Pitcairn listed first.
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Wolverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Breckenridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawndale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Doran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Doran is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Foxhome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Foxhome is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Childs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Childs is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Campbell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pitcairn, see our County-by-County Page for Pitcairn.
Cemeteries Near Pitcairn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pitcairn.
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 Pitcairn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pitcairn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pitcairn, with the one closest to Pitcairn listed first.
- Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stearns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McCauleyville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smith Family Burial Site
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Colfax.
- The Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257136 <3>
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Schmitt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuholke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walcott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walcott Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Walcott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2292816 <3>
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 Pitcairn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pitcairn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pitcairn, with the one closest to Pitcairn listed first.
- Galchutt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galchutt is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abercrombie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCauleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCauleyville is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCauleyville
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Dwight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Walcott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wolverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Christine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mooreton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Barney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wahpeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Breckenridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pitcairn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pitcairn.
Newspapers Published in Pitcairn ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pitcairn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pitcairn, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pitcairn.
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 helpful 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 Pitcairn:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Ransom County
- Clay County
- Otter Tail County
- Wilkin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Dakota
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pitcairn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Pitcairn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |