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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Carlton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Carlton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carlton, please Contact Us.

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 Carlton (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 Carlton. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Carlton is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Beadle, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Kingsbury & Spink.

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

  • Clark County     (The home county of Carlton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Carpenter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
      • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
    • Clark
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Willow Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Raymond
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Naples
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Naples is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Vienna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Elrod
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Elrod is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
      • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
    • Success ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Success is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
    • Garden City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Crocker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Beadle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
    • Yale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Huron Colony
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
    • Cavour
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hitchcock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Broadland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Broadland is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Morningside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Morningside is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
  • Codington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
    • Henry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Grover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Grover is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
      • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
    • Kampeska
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Kampeska is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
      • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
    • Wallace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Day County
    • Crandall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Crandall is located in Day County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
    • Bryant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hayti
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Thomas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
    • Bancroft
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Osceola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
    • Iroquois
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Manchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
    • Erwin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • De Smet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spink County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
    • LaDelle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
    • Doland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Spink Colony
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
    • Frankfort
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Turton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Carlton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlton.

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

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

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

  • Hague Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Darlington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Richland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Merton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Petrodie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Logan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Roe Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roe Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of Doland.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97474 <4>
  • Pleasant Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Prairie Valley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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.

Carlton itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 15 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Merton ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Merton is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
  • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
    • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
  • Willow Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • LaDelle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • LaDelle is located in Spink County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
  • Raymond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Naples
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Naples is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Bancroft
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • Vienna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Elrod
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elrod is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
    • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
  • Osceola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Success ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Success is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Doland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Julian ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Julian is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian

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

Newspapers Published in Carlton ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlton, 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 Carlton.

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 either 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 Carlton:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Carlton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Carlton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.