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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 Albee (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 Albee. 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 doctors and 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.

Albee is located in Grant County.

To see how the shape of South 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 Grant County: Big Stone (MN), Lac qui Parle (MN), Codington, Day, Deuel & Roberts.

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

  • Grant County     (The home county of Albee)
  • Codington County
  • Deuel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albee, with the one closest to Albee listed first.
    • Tunerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tunerville is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunerville
      • Estimated population in 2014: 218 people
    • Moritz
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Altamont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Altamont is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Gary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Goodwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bemis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clear Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Brandt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Roberts County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albee, with the one closest to Albee listed first.
    • Corona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hartford Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hartford Beach is located in Roberts County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford Beach
      • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
    • South Dakota Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • South Dakota Park is located in Roberts County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dakota Park
      • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
    • Wilmot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Stone County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albee, with the one closest to Albee listed first.
    • Ortonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Odessa is located in Big Stone County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <1>
    • Correll
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Correll is located in Big Stone County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
    • Clinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Lac qui Parle County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albee, with the one closest to Albee listed first.
    • Nassau
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
    • Marietta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Bellingham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Madison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
    • Louisburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
    • Dawson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Dawson is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,378 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <1>
    • Providence
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Swift County (MN)
  • Yellow Medicine County (MN)

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

Cemeteries Near Albee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albee.

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

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Albee had a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Albee had a population of 17 people.

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

  • Revillo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Nassau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
  • LaBolt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marietta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
  • Strandburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bellingham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Twin Brooks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Troy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Troy is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Altamont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Altamont is located in Deuel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
  • Big Stone City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Goodwin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Madison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Madison is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
    • Odessa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Odessa is located in Big Stone County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <1>
    • Ortonville
      (18 miles [29 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 Albee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Albee.

Newspapers Published in Albee ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Albee, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Albee.

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 Albee:

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 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.
<3>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 Albee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Albee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.