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 Emmet (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 Emmet. 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 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.
Emmet is located in Union 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 Union County: Plymouth (IA), Sioux (IA), Woodbury (IA), Dakota (NE), Dixon (NE), Clay & Lincoln.
Below are the counties that are near Emmet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emmet:
- Union County (The home county of Emmet)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Nora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Beresford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beresford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
- Former name for Beresford:
- Paris
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beresford <1>
- Alcester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Spink
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spink is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
- Estimated population in 2014: 237 people
- Junction City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Richland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Estimated population in 2014: 215 people
- Elk Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Alsen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alsen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsen
- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
- Komstad ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Komstad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komstad
- Estimated population in 2014: 12 people
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Hub City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hub City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Bloomingdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomingdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lodi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Estimated population in 2014: 82 people
- Westreville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westreville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westreville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 208 people
- Burbank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vermillion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wakonda
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Moe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moe
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Worthing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lennox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Turner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Viborg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irene
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Davis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hurley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chancellor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Yankton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Gayville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Volin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Valleyview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Valleyview is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Mission Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mayfield is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 208 people
- Lyon County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Beloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beloit is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Inwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Plymouth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Akron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akron is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <1>
- Westfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Craig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Adaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Adaville is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
- Millnerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millnerville is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millnerville
- Brunsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brunsville is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Struble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Struble is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Struble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Merrill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sioux County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Chatsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Hawarden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McNally
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McNally is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNally
- Ireton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Rock Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maurice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maurice is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Sioux Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Village is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- Cedar County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Obert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Obert is located in Cedar County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Wynot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Newcastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maskell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Maskell is located in Dixon County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maskell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Ponca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emmet, see our County-by-County Page for Emmet.
Cemeteries Near Emmet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emmet.
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 Emmet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emmet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Nora Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peace Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beresford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Danefield Seventh-day Advent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gothland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Big Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Erickson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Houde Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Point Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Emmet had a population of 12 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Emmet had a population of 231 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Alsen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alsen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsen
- Nora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Beresford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beresford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
- Former name for Beresford:
- Paris
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beresford <1>
- Alcester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Dalesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dalesburg is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalesburg
- Marshalltown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marshalltown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Komstad ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Komstad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komstad
- Estimated population in 2014: 12 people
- Clay Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Point is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point
- Spink
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spink is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
- Estimated population in 2014: 237 people
- Bloomingdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomingdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Chatsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Lodi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Estimated population in 2014: 82 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emmet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emmet.
Newspapers Published in Emmet ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emmet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emmet, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emmet.
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 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 Emmet:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Lincoln County
- Turner County
- Yankton County
- Lyon County
- Plymouth County
- Sioux County
- Cedar County
- Dixon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emmet) 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 Emmet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |