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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 Allison Crossing (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 Allison Crossing. 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 Allison Crossing ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Allison Crossing: Allison Xing.

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 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 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.

Allison Crossing is located in Ziebach County.

To see how the shape of South Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ziebach County: Dewey, Haakon, Meade, Pennington, Perkins & Stanley.

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

  • Ziebach County     (The home county of Allison Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allison Crossing, with the one closest to Allison Crossing listed first.
    • Iron Lightning
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Lightning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Lightning
      • Iron Lightning is located in Ziebach County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
    • Red Elm ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Elm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Elm
      • Red Elm is located in Ziebach County
    • Glad Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dupree
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Scaffold
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Scaffold have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Scaffold
      • Red Scaffold is located in Ziebach County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 372 people
  • Dewey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allison Crossing, with the one closest to Allison Crossing listed first.
    • Lantry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Isabel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
      • Isabel is located in Dewey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isabel <3>
  • Meade County
    • Faith
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
      • Faith is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faith <3>
  • Perkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allison Crossing, with the one closest to Allison Crossing listed first.
    • Usta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Usta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usta
      • Usta is located in Perkins County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 22 people
    • Meadow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Allison Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allison Crossing.

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

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

  • Iron Lightning Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iron Lightning Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iron Lightning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Faith Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Red Elm Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Elm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Elm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dupree Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dupree Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dupree Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Dupree.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145302 <4>
  • Chance Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Meadow Gallaway Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Gallaway Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadow Gallaway Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the north of Meadow.
    • The Meadow Gallaway Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Gallaway Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97234 <4>
  • Lantry Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lantry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lantry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eaglestaff Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaglestaff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaglestaff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Allison Crossing ...

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 Allison Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allison Crossing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allison Crossing.

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 Allison Crossing:

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

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Allison Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allison Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1989, Longitude: -101.9174       In this case, the coordinates for Allison Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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