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 Bovee (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 Bovee. 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.
Bovee is located in Charles Mix 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 Charles Mix County: Boyd (NE), Knox (NE), Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Douglas, Gregory & Hutchinson.
Below are the counties that are near Bovee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bovee:
- Charles Mix County (The home county of Bovee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Platte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Geddes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Andes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Academy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Academy is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
- Platte Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
- Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
- Pickstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ravinia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wagner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Aurora Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora Center is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Center
- Stickney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plankinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brule County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Bijou Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
- Eagle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
- Ola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ola is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Estimated population in 2014: 108 people
- Kimball
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Joubert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joubert is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
- Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
- New Holland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Armour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Douglas City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Douglas City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
- Hillside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hillside is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
- Delmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gregory County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- East Gregory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Gregory is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Bonesteel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Randall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Randall is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
- Saint Charles
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Herrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boyd County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Anoka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Anoka is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Gross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gross is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
- Butte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Naper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bovee, see our County-by-County Page for Bovee.
Cemeteries Near Bovee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bovee.
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 Bovee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bovee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Bloomington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Edgerton Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Platte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96949 <3>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morningside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Platte City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friesland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Platte Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (81 more) ...
- New Holland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ducharme Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 Bovee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bovee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bovee, with the one closest to Bovee listed first.
- Platte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Joubert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joubert is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
- Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
- New Holland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Armour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grandview ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Eagle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
- Bijou Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
- Butte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- White Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ola is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Estimated population in 2014: 108 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bovee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bovee.
Newspapers Published in Bovee ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bovee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bovee, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bovee.
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 Bovee:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Charles Mix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aurora County
- Brule County
- Douglas County
- Gregory County
- Boyd County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
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> | 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- Bovee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Bovee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |