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Introduction ...

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

We've added Frisby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Frisby, 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 Frisby (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 Frisby. 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 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 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 Frisby is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Beadle, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Kingsbury & Spink.

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

  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisby, with the one closest to Frisby listed first.
    • Claremont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huffton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Huffton is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 316 people
    • Hecla
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Houghton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Putney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Putney is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
      • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
    • Columbia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tacoma Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tacoma Park is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
      • Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
    • Groton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • James
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • James is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
    • Ordway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ordway is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
      • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
    • Bath
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Bath Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
  • Day County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisby, with the one closest to Frisby listed first.
    • Pierpont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Andover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Roslyn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisby, with the one closest to Frisby listed first.
    • Amherst
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • West Britton ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Britton is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
    • Spain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spain is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
    • Britton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Langford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kidder
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kidder is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Newark
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Newark is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
    • Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Eden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Eden is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
    • Hillhead
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Hillhead is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
      • Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
    • Marlow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Marlow is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
  • Dickey County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisby, with the one closest to Frisby listed first.
    • Ludden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ludden is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Guelph
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Guelph is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
    • Oakes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Oakes is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakes <2>
    • Silverleaf
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
    • Norway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
  • Sargent County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisby, with the one closest to Frisby listed first.
    • Brampton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
    • Havana
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Havana is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havana <2>
    • Cogswell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Forman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Forman is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forman <2>
    • Rutland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rutland is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutland <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Frisby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frisby.

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

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

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

  • Amherst Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Detroit Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Free Mission Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Britton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Augustana Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Houghton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hecla City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla City Cemetery
    • The Hecla City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hecla Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Homer Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the east of Kidder.
    • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pleasant Valley Church Cemetery
    • Pleasant Valley Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146590 <3>
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Falnes Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Brampton Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 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.

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

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

  • Amherst
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Claremont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Spain is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
  • Britton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Huffton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huffton is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 316 people
  • Langford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hecla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Houghton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kidder
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kidder is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
    • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
  • Newark
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Newark is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
  • Putney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Putney is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
    • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
  • Pierpont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Brampton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Ludden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ludden is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Columbia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Frisby ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frisby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frisby, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frisby.

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 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 Frisby:

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 Frisby, 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>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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frisby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.