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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 Argyle (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 Argyle. 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 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.

Argyle is located in Custer 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 Custer County: Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Niobrara (WY) & Weston (WY).

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

  • Custer County     (The home county of Argyle)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Argyle, with the one closest to Argyle listed first.
    • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
    • Pringle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanator
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Sanator is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanator
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,350 people
    • Fourmile
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fourmile is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
      • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
    • Buffalo Gap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Custer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Berne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Berne is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Dewey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Dewey is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
    • State Game Lodge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
    • Fairburn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Spokane ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spokane is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
    • Hermosa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fall River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Argyle, with the one closest to Argyle listed first.
    • Erskine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Erskine is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
    • Hot Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cascade Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
    • Marietta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Marietta is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Rocky Ford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
    • Edgemont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Heppner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Heppner is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner
      • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
    • Oral
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oral is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
      • Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <1>
    • Provo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Smithwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rumford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rumford is located in Fall River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Argyle, with the one closest to Argyle listed first.
    • Hill City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Frenchtown ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Frenchtown is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
    • Harney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Harney is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
      • Estimated population in 2014: 64 people
    • Keystone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hayward ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hayward is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
  • Weston County (WY)
    • Clifton ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Clifton is located in Weston County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton

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

Cemeteries Near Argyle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Argyle.

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

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

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

  • Pringle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hot Springs National Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Custer Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Edgemont Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo Gap Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hines Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Horsehead Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairburn Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithwick Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Keystone.
    • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Keystone Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97167 <2>

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 in 1895, Argyle had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
    • Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
  • Pringle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Minnekahta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
  • Erskine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Erskine is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Hot Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marietta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marietta is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Buffalo Gap
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Custer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Edgemont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Berne
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Berne is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
  • Oreville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Oreville is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreville
  • Clifton ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Clifton is located in Weston County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Fairburn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Provo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Spokane ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spokane is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people

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

Newspapers Published in Argyle ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Argyle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Argyle, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Argyle.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Argyle:

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 Argyle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Argyle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.