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 Camp Crook (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 Camp Crook. 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 Camp Crook ...

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 Camp Crook: Cp. Crook

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Camp Crook is located in Harding 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 Harding County: Carter (MT), Fallon (MT), Adams (ND), Bowman (ND), Butte & Perkins.

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

• Harding County     (The home county of Camp Crook)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Crook, with the one closest to Camp Crook listed first.
  • Buffalo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Buffalo is located in Harding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <2>
  • Redig
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redig
    • Redig is located in Harding County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redig <2>
• Carter County (MT)
  • Capitol
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
    • Capitol is located in Carter County (MT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitol <2>

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

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 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 Camp Crook:

• Websites specific to South Dakota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the South Dakota State Archives

• Pages specific to Harding County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Carter County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Harding County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Harding County

Cemeteries Near Camp Crook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Crook.

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 Camp Crook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Fairview Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
• Pioneer Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
• Capitol Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capitol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capitol Cemetery
• Alma Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alma Cemetery
• Capitol Church Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capitol Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capitol Church Cemetery
• Short Pine Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Short Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Short Pine Cemetery
• Grand River Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand River Cemetery
• Gustave Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gustave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gustave Cemetery
• Buffalo Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Cemetery
• Ladner Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ladner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladner Cemetery
• Old Grand River Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Grand River Cemetery
• Redig Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redig Cemetery

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 Camp Crook had a population of 102 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Camp Crook had a population of 66 people.

• Capitol
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
  • Capitol is located in Carter County (MT)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitol <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/