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 Cascade Springs (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 Cascade Springs. 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 Cascade Springs ...

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 Cascade Springs: Cascade Spgs. (or less commonly used: Cascade Spngs. or Cascade Sprngs.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Cascade Springs is located in Fall River 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 Fall River County: Dawes (NE), Sioux (NE), Custer, Oglala Lakota & Niobrara (WY).

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

• Fall River County     (The home county of Cascade Springs)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade Springs, with the one closest to Cascade Springs listed first.
  • Rocky Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
  • Heppner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heppner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner
    • Heppner is located in Fall River County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
  • Hot Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in Fall River County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,502 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <2>
  • Oral
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oral have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
    • Oral is located in Fall River County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <2>
  • Edgemont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
    • Edgemont is located in Fall River County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <2>
  • Smithwick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
    • Smithwick is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithwick <2>
  • Provo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
    • Provo is located in Fall River County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <2>
  • Oelrichs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oelrichs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelrichs
    • Oelrichs is located in Fall River County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelrichs <2>
  • Ardmore ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
    • Ardmore is located in Fall River County
• Custer County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade Springs, with the one closest to Cascade Springs listed first.
  • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanhoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
    • Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
  • Buffalo Gap
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
    • Buffalo Gap is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Gap <2>
  • Pringle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
    • Pringle is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <2>
  • Sanator
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanator have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanator
    • Sanator is located in Custer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,350 people
  • Fourmile
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourmile have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
    • Fourmile is located in Custer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
  • Dewey
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
    • Dewey is located in Custer County
  • Custer
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Custer is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,926 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <2>
  • Fairburn
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
    • Fairburn is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairburn <2>
  • State Game Lodge
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Game Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
    • State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
• Sioux County (NE)
  • Montrose ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Montrose is located in Sioux County (NE)

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

Newspapers Published in Cascade Springs ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cascade Springs.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Cascade Springs:

• 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 Fall River County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Custer County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Sioux 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 Fall River County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Fall River County

Cemeteries Near Cascade Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cascade Springs.

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 Cascade Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Highland Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
• Hot Springs National Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hot Springs National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hot Springs National Cemetery
• Evergreen Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
• Horsehead Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Horsehead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horsehead Cemetery
• Fairview Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • 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
• Edgemont Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edgemont Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96948 <4>
• Smithwick Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smithwick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smithwick Cemetery
• Hines Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hines Cemetery
• Buffalo Gap Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Gap Cemetery
• Hillside Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
• Pringle Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pringle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pringle Cemetery
• Duck Creek Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duck Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duck Creek Cemetery
• Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101131 <4>
  • Fairburn Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairburn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairburn 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.<6>

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

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

• Erskine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erskine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Erskine is located in Fall River County
• Hot Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Hot Springs is located in Fall River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <2>
• Minnekahta
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnekahta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
  • Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
• Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanhoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
• Edgemont
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
  • Edgemont is located in Fall River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <2>
• Argyle
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argyle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Argyle is located in Custer County
• Buffalo Gap
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
  • Buffalo Gap is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Gap <2>
• Rumford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rumford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
  • Rumford is located in Fall River County
• Smithwick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
  • Smithwick is located in Fall River County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithwick <2>
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Provo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
    • Provo is located in Fall River County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <2>
  • Pringle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
    • Pringle is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <2>
  • Oelrichs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oelrichs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelrichs
    • Oelrichs is located in Fall River County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelrichs <2>
  • Marietta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marietta is located in Fall River County
  • Fairburn
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
    • Fairburn is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairburn <2>
  • Custer
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Custer is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,926 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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