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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 Huffton (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 Huffton. 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 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.

Huffton is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Dickey (ND), Sargent (ND), Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Marshall, McPherson & Spink.

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

  • Brown County     (The home county of Huffton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huffton, with the one closest to Huffton listed first.
    • Claremont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Putney
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Putney is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
      • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
    • Tacoma Park
      (8 miles [12.9 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
    • Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Houghton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Groton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • James
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • James is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
    • Bath Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
    • Bath
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ordway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Ordway is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
      • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
    • Prairie Wood Village Addition
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
    • Hecla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jobee Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jobee Acres is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobee Acres
      • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
  • Day County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huffton, with the one closest to Huffton listed first.
    • Pierpont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Andover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Holmquist
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Holmquist is located in Day County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmquist
      • Estimated population in 2014: 154 people
    • Roslyn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Butler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Butler is located in Day County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huffton, with the one closest to Huffton listed first.
    • Amherst
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Langford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Spain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Spain is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
    • West Britton ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Britton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kidder
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kidder is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Newark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Newark is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
  • Dickey County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huffton, with the one closest to Huffton listed first.
    • Ludden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Ludden is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Guelph
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Guelph is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
    • Silverleaf
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
  • Sargent County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huffton, with the one closest to Huffton listed first.
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
    • Brampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton

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

Cemeteries Near Huffton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huffton.

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

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

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

  • Augustana Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Free Mission Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Groton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Houghton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • James Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Detroit Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Homer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • All Saints Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Andover Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • German Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hecla City Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla City Cemetery
      • The Hecla City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hecla Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Huffton had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2014, Huffton had a population of 316 people.

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

  • Putney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Putney is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
    • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
  • Claremont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • James
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • James is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Groton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Houghton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Amherst
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Plana is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plana
  • Langford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bath
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierpont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Spain
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spain is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ordway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Ordway is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
      • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
    • Andover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hecla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Huffton ...

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 Huffton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huffton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Huffton.

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 Huffton:

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>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 Huffton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Huffton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.