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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 Reeves (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 Reeves. 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 Reeves ...

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 occur.

While the name of this community is Reeves, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Reeves may originally have been Reeve's.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reeves. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reeves.

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.

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Reeves is located in Stutsman 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 Stutsman County: Barnes, Foster, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan & Wells.

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

  • Stutsman County     (The home county of Reeves)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reeves, with the one closest to Reeves listed first.
    • Bloom
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
    • Jamestown Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
    • Ypsilanti
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Frontier Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
    • Spiritwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamestown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkhurst
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Montpelier
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Spiritwood Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Millarton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Millarton is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton
    • Buchanan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Windsor is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reeves, with the one closest to Reeves listed first.
    • Eckelson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanborn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Leal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Leal is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Wimbledon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Rogers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Litchville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • North Valley City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
    • Dazey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • LaMoure County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reeves, with the one closest to Reeves listed first.
    • Adrian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Marion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nortonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Nortonville is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
    • Dickey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Alfred
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Alfred is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
    • Jud
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jud is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jud <2>
    • Grand Rapids
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids

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

Cemeteries Near Reeves ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reeves.

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

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

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

  • Spiritwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Gardens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jamestown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McGinnis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Highland Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Huberts Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • James River Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Eldridge Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • North Marion Reformed Church Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elim Evangelical Free Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Bloom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
  • Ypsilanti
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spiritwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jamestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Urbana
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Urbana is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Montpelier
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Parkhurst
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
  • Sanborn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sharlow
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharlow is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
  • Adrian
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Buchanan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Windsor
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Windsor is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Odell ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Odell is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
    • Dickey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Berea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Berea is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea

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

Newspapers Published in Reeves ...

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 Reeves.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reeves, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reeves.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Reeves:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reeves) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Reeves, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.