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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Rival. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rival to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rival, please Contact Us.

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 Rival (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 Rival. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Rival is historic, it would have been located within present day Burke 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 Burke County: Mountrail, Renville, Ward & Williams.

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

  • Burke County     (The home county of Rival)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rival, with the one closest to Rival listed first.
    • Lignite
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lignite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
      • Lignite is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lignite <3>
    • Portal
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
      • Columbus is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
    • Flaxton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flaxton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaxton
      • Flaxton is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flaxton <3>
    • Larson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
      • Larson is located in Burke County
    • Bowbells
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowbells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowbells
      • Bowbells is located in Burke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowbells <3>
    • Battleview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleview
      • Battleview is located in Burke County
    • Powers Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Divide County
    • Noonan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rival, with the one closest to Rival listed first.
    • Niobe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
      • Niobe is located in Ward County
    • Kenmare
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenmare have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmare
      • Kenmare is located in Ward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenmare <3>
  • Williams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rival, with the one closest to Rival listed first.
    • McGregor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamlet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
      • Hamlet is located in Williams County

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

Newspapers Published in Rival ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rival.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rival, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rival.

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 Rival:

Cemeteries Near Rival ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rival.

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Cemetery
  • South Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Short Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • East Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Portal.
    • The East Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101870 <5>
  • North Portal Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Columbus Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Columbus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbus Cemetery
  • Flaxton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flaxton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flaxton Cemetery
  • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Olaf Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Olaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Olaf Cemetery
  • Little Butte Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Butte Cemetery
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Little Butte Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Butte Cemetery
    • Zion Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Danish Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rival, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Rival) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rival. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9004, Longitude: -102.6119       In this case, the coordinates for Rival have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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