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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 Clark Colony (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 Clark Colony. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Clark Colony is located in Spink 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 Spink County: Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk & Hand.

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

  • Spink County     (The home county of Clark Colony)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Colony, with the one closest to Clark Colony listed first.
    • Doland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • LaDelle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
    • Spink Colony
      (15 miles [24.1 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
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Turton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Conde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Redfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tulare
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Spottswood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Spottswood is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
    • Ashton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brentford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Beadle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Colony, with the one closest to Clark Colony listed first.
    • Huron Colony
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Hitchcock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Yale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Broadland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Broadland is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Cavour
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Bonilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonilla is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
    • Morningside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Morningside is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Colony, with the one closest to Clark Colony listed first.
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Raymond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clark
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
      • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
    • Willow Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elrod
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Elrod is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
      • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
    • Garden City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Naples
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Naples is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Crocker
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Vienna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bradley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Success ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Success is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Codington County
    • Henry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • 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 <1>
  • Day County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Colony, with the one closest to Clark Colony listed first.
    • Crandall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Crandall is located in Day County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
    • Lily
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lily is located in Day County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Colony, with the one closest to Clark Colony listed first.
    • Bryant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Colony, with the one closest to Clark Colony listed first.
    • Osceola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
    • Bancroft
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Iroquois
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Clark Colony ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark Colony.

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 Clark Colony - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Roe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • 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]<2> to the south of Doland.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97474 <3>
  • Logan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Richland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Doland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Prairie Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Darlington Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Irving Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Petrodie Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hague Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • West Merton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • St. Boniface Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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 Clark Colony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clark Colony.

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

  • Merton ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Merton is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
  • Carlton ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
  • Raymond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Doland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • LaDelle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • LaDelle is located in Spink County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
  • Clark
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
    • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
  • Julian ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Julian is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
  • Frankfort
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Turton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Willow Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Elrod
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Elrod is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
    • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Garden City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hitchcock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Osceola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people

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

Newspapers Published in Clark Colony ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark Colony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark Colony, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark Colony.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Clark Colony:

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>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- Clark Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Clark Colony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.