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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 Selfridge (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 Selfridge. 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.

Selfridge is located in Sioux 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 Sioux County: Adams, Emmons, Grant, Morton & Corson (SD).

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

  • Sioux County     (The home county of Selfridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Selfridge, with the one closest to Selfridge listed first.
    • Fort Yates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Yates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Yates
      • Fort Yates is located in Sioux County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Yates <2>
    • Porcupine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Solen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solen
      • Solen is located in Sioux County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solen <2>
    • Cannon Ball
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon Ball have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Ball
      • Cannon Ball is located in Sioux County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cannon Ball <2>
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Selfridge, with the one closest to Selfridge listed first.
    • Shields
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Gertrude
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gertrude
      • Saint Gertrude is located in Grant County
    • Raleigh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Corson County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Selfridge, with the one closest to Selfridge listed first.
    • Walker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Corson County (SD)
    • McLaughlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLaughlin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaughlin
      • McLaughlin is located in Corson County (SD)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLaughlin <2>
    • Bullhead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullhead
      • Bullhead is located in Corson County (SD)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bullhead <2>
    • Mahto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • McIntosh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
      • McIntosh is located in Corson County (SD)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
    • Little Eagle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Eagle
      • Little Eagle is located in Corson County (SD)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 319 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Eagle <2>
    • Kenel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenel
      • Kenel is located in Corson County (SD)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 61 people
    • Jeffrey ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffrey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey
      • Jeffrey is located in Corson County (SD)
      • Estimated population in 2014: 535 people
    • Watauga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Selfridge ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Selfridge.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Selfridge. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Selfridge and those printed in the larger area surrounding Selfridge.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Selfridge.

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 Selfridge:

Cemeteries Near Selfridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Selfridge.

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

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

  • St. Philomena Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philomena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philomena Cemetery
  • Gayton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gayton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gayton Cemetery
  • Reed Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Sitting Bull Burial Site
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
  • Congregational Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Congregational Cemetery
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
  • St. Gabriel Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Gabriel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gabriel Cemetery
  • McIntosh Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McIntosh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McIntosh Cemetery
  • St. Bonaventure Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bonaventure Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bonaventure Cemetery
  • St. Gabriel Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Gabriel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gabriel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Bethesda Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

  • Fort Yates
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Yates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Yates
    • Fort Yates is located in Sioux County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Yates <2>

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Selfridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selfridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0419, Longitude: -100.9246       In this case, the coordinates for Selfridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Selfridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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