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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 Cavour (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 Cavour. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Cavour is located in Beadle 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 Beadle County: Clark, Hand, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn & Spink.

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

  • Beadle County     (The home county of Cavour)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • Yale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Morningside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Morningside is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
    • Huron
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Huron is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <1>
    • Huron Colony
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
    • Broadland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Broadland is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Virgil
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Wolsey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hitchcock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonilla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonilla is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
      • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
    • Carpenter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Willow Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Success ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Success is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Jerauld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • Alpena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • Iroquois
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Osceola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
    • Manchester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
    • Esmond
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
      • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
    • Bancroft
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • De Smet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Erwin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Miner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • Carthage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fedora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Roswell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Roswell is located in Miner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
  • Sanborn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • Forestburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
    • Woonsocket
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Artesian
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Cuthbert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
  • Spink County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavour, with the one closest to Cavour listed first.
    • LaDelle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
    • Spink Colony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
    • Spottswood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Spottswood is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood

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

Cemeteries Near Cavour ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cavour.

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

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

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

  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cavour Protestant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Shue Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • St. Martin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Ideal Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Restlawn Memory Garden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Faith Mennonite Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Williams Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Atfield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Bonny Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Aquilla Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Esmond Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cavour had a population of 410 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cavour had a population of 126 people.

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

  • Sheffield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
  • Yale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Huron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Huron is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <1>
  • Iroquois
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Osceola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • James Valley Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Esmond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
  • Manchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
  • Bancroft
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
    • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
  • Broadland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Broadland is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
  • Virgil
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Alpena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • LaDelle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
    • Carthage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cavour ...

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 Cavour.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cavour. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cavour and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cavour.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Cavour.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Cavour:

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