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 Hartford Beach (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 Hartford Beach. 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.
Name Variations for Hartford Beach ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hartford Beach: Hartford Bch.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Hartford Beach is located in Roberts 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 Roberts County: Big Stone (MN), Traverse (MN), Richland (ND), Day, Grant & Marshall.
Below are the counties that are near Hartford Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartford Beach:
- Roberts County (The home county of Hartford Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- South Dakota Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Dakota Park is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dakota Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
- Shady Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Beach is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
- Corona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peever Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peever Flats is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peever Flats
- Peever
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 125 people
- Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goodwill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwill is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- Estimated population in 2014: 876 people
- Sisseton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ortley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Long Hollow Housing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Hollow Housing is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Housing
- Population from the 2010 Census: 192 people
- Codington County
- South Shore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Day County
- Waubay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- Milbank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Big Stone City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Brooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockholm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- LaBolt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Albee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Albee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Strandburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Revillo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Stone County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- Beardsley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Ortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Graceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Odessa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Correll
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Correll is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- Bellingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellingham is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Nassau
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
- Louisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louisburg is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Lac qui Parle County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Stevens County (MN)
- Chokio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Traverse County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- Browns Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Traverse County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Collis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collis is located in Traverse County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collis
- Dumont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dumont is located in Traverse County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Wheaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartford Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Hartford Beach.
Cemeteries Near Hartford Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartford Beach.
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 Hartford Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartford Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Corona Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holden Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Wilmot Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eastman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastman Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Wilmot.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96941 <2>
- Midway Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Hartford Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartford Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartford Beach, with the one closest to Hartford Beach listed first.
- Corona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beardsley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barry is located in Big Stone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Big Stone City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Brooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Browns Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Traverse County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Marvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Odessa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Collis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collis is located in Traverse County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collis
- Goodwill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwill is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- Estimated population in 2014: 876 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartford Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartford Beach.
Newspapers Published in Hartford Beach ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartford Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartford Beach, 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 Hartford Beach.
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 helpful 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 Hartford Beach:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Roberts County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Codington County
- Day County
- Grant County
- Big Stone County
- Lac qui Parle County
- Stevens County
- Traverse 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartford Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hartford Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |