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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 Arlington Beach (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 Arlington Beach. 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 Arlington Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Arlington Beach: Arlington Bch.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Arlington Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Arlington Beach.

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.

Arlington Beach is located in Brookings 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 Brookings County: Lincoln (MN), Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody.

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

  • Brookings County     (The home county of Arlington Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Bruce
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruce is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <1>
    • North Grove Addition
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
    • Volga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Volga is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <1>
    • Sinai
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sinai is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <1>
    • Sunnyview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
      • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
    • Brookings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • White
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • White is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <1>
    • Aurora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushnell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • Medary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Medary is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Success ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Success is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
    • Vienna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Naples
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Naples is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Willow Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Codington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Appleby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Appleby is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
    • Grover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Grover is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
      • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
    • Kampeska
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Kampeska is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
      • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
    • Watertown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Kranzburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Henry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Henry is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <1>
    • Rauville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Rauville is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauville
      • Estimated population in 2014: 292 people
  • Deuel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Johnsonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Johnsonville is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
    • Toronto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Brandt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bemis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bemis is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
    • Clear Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodwin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Astoria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Altamont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Altamont is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Alsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
    • Stone Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
    • Lake Norden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dempster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
    • Hayti
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Estelline
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Castlewood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Kones Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
    • Thomas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
    • Bryant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hazel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Badger
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hetland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Erwin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Preston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Oldham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • De Smet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach, with the one closest to Arlington Beach listed first.
    • Nunda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
    • Ramona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Arlington Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arlington Beach.

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 Arlington Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Poinsett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • United Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Trasta Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Thisted Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • East Norden Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Badger Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Olivet Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Apostolic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Nielsen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakwood Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (97 more) ...
    • West Norden Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Arlington Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arlington Beach.

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

  • Dempster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
  • Hayti
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Estelline
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Arlington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hetland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bruce
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bruce is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <1>
  • Castlewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Volga
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Volga is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <1>
  • Erwin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Lake Preston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Bryant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Appleby
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Appleby is located in Codington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sinai
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sinai is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <1>
    • Hazel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Arlington Beach ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arlington Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arlington Beach, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arlington Beach.

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 helpful 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 Arlington Beach:

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