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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Goiens. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Goiens to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goiens, 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 Goiens (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 Goiens. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Goiens is historic, it would have been located within present day Meade 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 Meade County: Butte, Haakon, Lawrence, Pennington & Ziebach.
Below are the counties that are near Goiens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goiens:
- Meade County (The home county of Goiens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goiens, with the one closest to Goiens listed first.
- Summerset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Piedmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackhawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tilford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tilford is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford
- Sturgis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bend is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Viewfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Viewfield is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
- Butte County
- Vale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Custer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goiens, with the one closest to Goiens listed first.
- Spokane ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spokane is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
- Hermosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Berne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berne is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- State Game Lodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goiens, with the one closest to Goiens listed first.
- Nemo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tomahawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Estimated population in 2014: 36 people
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood has also been known as:
- Laflin
- Merritt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Merritt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Estimated population in 2014: 175 people
- Roubaix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roubaix is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubaix
- Estimated population in 2013: 14 people
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Diamond City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Diamond City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,264 people
- Nahant
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nahant is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Woodville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Centennial City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
- Crook City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crook City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook City
- Deadwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goiens, with the one closest to Goiens listed first.
- South Canyon Country Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Canyon Country Estates is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canyon Country Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 364 people
- Ridgeland Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgeland Heights is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 11 people
- Johnson Siding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnson Siding is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Siding
- Population from the 2010 Census: 659 people
- Pactola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pactola is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
- Sioux Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sioux Village is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Rapid City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
- Wildwood Addition
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Addition is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
- Ashland Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
- Colonial Pine Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
- Canyon City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon City is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
- Mystic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goiens, see our County-by-County Page for Goiens.
Cemeteries Near Goiens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goiens.
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 Goiens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goiens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goiens, with the one closest to Goiens listed first.
- Piedmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blackhawk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Rapid City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97276 <3>
- Black Hills National Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Lawn Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Vale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Meadow Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ft. Meade National Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rockerville Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Butte Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Galena Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Rochford Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crook City Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 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 Goiens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goiens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goiens, with the one closest to Goiens listed first.
- Piedmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackhawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nemo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tilford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tilford is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford
- Merritt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Merritt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Estimated population in 2014: 175 people
- Pactola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pactola is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
- Rapid City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mystic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sheridan is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
- Sturgis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brownsville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Rochford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goiens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goiens.
Newspapers Published in Goiens ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goiens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goiens, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goiens.
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 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 Goiens:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Meade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Custer County
- Lawrence County
- Pennington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
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 Goiens, 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- Goiens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |