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 Dupree (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 Dupree. 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.

Dupree is located in Ziebach County and is the County Seat.

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 Ziebach County: Dewey, Haakon, Meade, Pennington, Perkins & Stanley.

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

• Ziebach County     (The home county of Dupree)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Dupree, with the one closest to Dupree listed first.
  • Red Elm ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Elm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Elm
    • Red Elm is located in Ziebach County
  • Iron Lightning
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Lightning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Lightning
    • Iron Lightning is located in Ziebach County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
  • Red Scaffold
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Scaffold have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Scaffold
    • Red Scaffold is located in Ziebach County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 372 people
  • Glad Valley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glad Valley
    • Glad Valley is located in Ziebach County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glad Valley <2>
• Dewey County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Dupree, with the one closest to Dupree listed first.
  • Lantry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantry
    • Lantry is located in Dewey County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 58 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lantry <2>
  • Eagle Butte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Butte
    • Eagle Butte is located in Dewey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Butte <2>
  • North Eagle Butte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Eagle Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Eagle Butte
    • North Eagle Butte is located in Dewey County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,954 people
  • Green Grass
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grass
    • Green Grass is located in Dewey County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 35 people
  • Parade
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parade
    • Parade is located in Dewey County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 34 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parade <2>
  • Isabel
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
    • Isabel is located in Dewey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isabel <2>
  • Firesteel
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firesteel
    • Firesteel is located in Dewey County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firesteel <2>
• Meade County
  • Faith
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
    • Faith is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faith <2>
• Perkins County
  • Usta
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Usta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usta
    • Usta is located in Perkins County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 22 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dupree ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dupree.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dupree. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dupree and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dupree.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Dupree.

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 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 Dupree:

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

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

Cemeteries Near Dupree ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dupree.

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

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

• Dupree Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dupree Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Dupree.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dupree Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145302 <4>
• St. James Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
• Lantry Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lantry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lantry Cemetery
• Red Elm Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Elm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Elm Cemetery
• St. Luke Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
• Iron Lightning Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iron Lightning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iron Lightning Cemetery
• Eagle Butte Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagle Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Butte Cemetery
• St. Marks Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
• Green Grass Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Grass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Grass Cemetery
• Faith Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
• St. Marks Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Little Dog Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Dog Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Dog Cemetery
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillview Cemetery
  • St. Pius Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pius Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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