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 Hayti (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 Hayti. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Hayti is located in Hamlin County and is the County Seat.
To see how the shape of South Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hamlin County: Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant & Kingsbury.
Below are the counties that are near Hayti. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hayti:
- Hamlin County (The home county of Hayti)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Lake Norden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
- Alsville is located in Hamlin County
- Thomas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Thomas is located in Hamlin County
- Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
- Kones Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
- Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
- Stone Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
- Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Castlewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Hazel is located in Hamlin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazel <1>
- Dempster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
- Dempster is located in Hamlin County
- Bryant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Estelline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estelline have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelline
- Estelline is located in Hamlin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estelline <1>
- Brookings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Bruce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Grove Addition
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Grove Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
- North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
- Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
- Volga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sinai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinai have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
- Sinai is located in Brookings County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <1>
- Sunnyview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
- Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Vienna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vienna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Vienna is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <1>
- Naples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Naples is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Success ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Success have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Success is located in Clark County
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
- Willow Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
- Willow Lake is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow Lake <1>
- Elrod
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elrod have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Elrod is located in Clark County
- Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
- Garden City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Codington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Grover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Grover is located in Codington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
- Appleby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Appleby is located in Codington County
- Kampeska
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
- Kampeska is located in Codington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
- Watertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Henry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kranzburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kranzburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kranzburg
- Kranzburg is located in Codington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kranzburg <1>
- Rauville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rauville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauville
- Rauville is located in Codington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 292 people
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Florence is located in Codington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <1>
- Deuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Bemis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Bemis is located in Deuel County
- Johnsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Johnsonville is located in Deuel County
- Goodwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Goodwin is located in Deuel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodwin <1>
- Clear Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brandt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Brandt is located in Deuel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandt <1>
- Toronto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Altamont is located in Deuel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Tunerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunerville
- Tunerville is located in Deuel County
- Estimated population in 2014: 218 people
- Kingsbury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Badger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Erwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Erwin is located in Kingsbury County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <1>
- Hetland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Kingsbury County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <1>
- Lake Preston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- De Smet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bancroft. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Oldham is located in Kingsbury County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oldham <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hayti, see our County-by-County Page for Hayti.
Cemeteries Near Hayti ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hayti.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hayti covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Norden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Norden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Norden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivet Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Norden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Norden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Norden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Apostolic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apostolic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apostolic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oxford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oxford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kellerton Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kellerton Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kellerton Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scandinavian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandinavian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandinavian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Garfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is located between<4> the communities of Lake Norden and Badger. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the north of Badger.
- The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Danish Lutheran Cemetery
- South Trinity Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97703 <6>
- Continue List (101 more) ...
- Poinsett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poinsett Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poinsett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Castlewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castlewood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Castlewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Castlewood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1301468 <6>
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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.<7>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hayti had a population of 10 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Hayti had a population of 381 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
- Castlewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Grover is located in Codington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Hazel is located in Hamlin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazel <1>
- Dempster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
- Dempster is located in Hamlin County
- Bryant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Appleby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Appleby is located in Codington County
- Vienna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vienna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Vienna is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <1>
- Kampeska
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
- Kampeska is located in Codington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
- Estelline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estelline have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelline
- Estelline is located in Hamlin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estelline <1>
- Erwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Erwin is located in Kingsbury County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <1>
- Success ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Success have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Success is located in Clark County
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
- Watertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Naples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Naples is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Hetland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Henry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hayti. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hayti.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hayti ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hayti.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hayti. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hayti and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hayti.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Hayti.
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 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 Hayti:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Hamlin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brookings County
- Clark County
- Codington County
- Deuel County
- Kingsbury County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hayti. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/
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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<4> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lake Norden and Badger. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hayti) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hayti. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6566, Longitude: -97.2045 In this case, the coordinates for Hayti have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | 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 Hayti, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |