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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Fairview. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fairview to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fairview, please Contact Us.

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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fairview is historic, it would have been located within present day Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury County: Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Hamlin, Lake, Miner & Sanborn.

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

  • Kingsbury County     (The home county of Fairview)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Manchester
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
    • Iroquois
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bancroft
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • De Smet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Osceola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
    • Esmond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
      • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
    • Erwin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Preston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Oldham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hetland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Badger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Beadle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Yale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cavour
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Morningside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Morningside is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
    • Huron
      (24 miles [38.6 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 <2>
    • Huron Colony
      (26 miles [41.8 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
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
      • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
    • Success ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Success is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
    • Willow Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Vienna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Naples
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Naples is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Bryant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Norden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
    • Ramona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Miner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Carthage
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Fedora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Roswell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Roswell is located in Miner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
    • Vilas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Vilas is located in Miner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Howard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Sanborn County
    • Artesian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Spink County
    • LaDelle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle

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

Cemeteries Near Fairview ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.

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

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

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

  • Dow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • De Smet Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the De Smet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of De Smet.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96912 <4>
  • Esmond Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Faith Mennonite Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • LeSueur Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Spirt Lake Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...
    • Lake Preston Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Erwin Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erwin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Erwin.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96970 <4>
    • St. Williams Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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.

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

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

  • Manchester
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
  • Iroquois
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bancroft
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • Esmond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
  • De Smet
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Osceola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Yale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Carthage
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
    • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
  • Erwin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Success ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Success is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Cavour
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lake Preston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Willow Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sheffield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield

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

Newspapers Published in Fairview ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairview.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fairview:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.