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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 Carlock (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 Carlock. 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 Carlock ...

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.

Another variation: Car Lock.

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

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

Carlock is located in Gregory 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 Gregory County: Boyd (NE), Keya Paha (NE), Charles Mix, Lyman & Tripp.

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

  • Gregory County     (The home county of Carlock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Burke
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregory
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dallas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Herrick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Saint Charles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dixon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Dixon is located in Gregory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 118 people
    • Bonesteel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • East Gregory
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • East Gregory is located in Gregory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Fairfax
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Charles Mix County
    • Platte Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
  • Tripp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Colome
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Wewela
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Millboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Millboro is located in Tripp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
      • Estimated population in 2014: 34 people
    • Winner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Clearfield is located in Tripp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
  • Boyd County (NE)
    • Naper
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Naper is located in Boyd County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naper <1>
  • Brown County (NE)
    • Winfield ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Winfield is located in Brown County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
  • Holt County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Dustin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dustin is located in Holt County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
    • Cleveland ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cleveland is located in Holt County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Keya Paha County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Burton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burton is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
    • Springview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Carns ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Carns is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carns
    • Meadville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadville is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
  • Rock County (NE)
    • Mariaville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Mariaville is located in Rock County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville

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

Cemeteries Near Carlock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlock.

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

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

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

  • Congregational Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Peace Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • German Congregation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Catholic Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Evangelical Zion Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Spotted Tail Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmanuel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • County Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Olive Branch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Graceland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • ZCBJ Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hillview Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Carlock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carlock.

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

  • Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mariaville ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Mariaville is located in Rock County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
  • Springview
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Carns ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Carns is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carns
  • Dustin
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dustin is located in Holt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin

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

Newspapers Published in Carlock ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlock, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlock.

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 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 Carlock:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carlock) 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 Carlock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.