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Introduction ...

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

We've added Ivanhoe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ivanhoe, 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 Ivanhoe (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 Ivanhoe. 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 hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ivanhoe is historic, it would have been located within present day Custer County.

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 Custer County: Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Niobrara (WY) & Weston (WY).

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

  • Custer County     (The home county of Ivanhoe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Pringle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Pringle is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <3>
    • Sanator
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanator have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanator
      • Sanator is located in Custer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,350 people
    • Fourmile
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourmile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
      • Fourmile is located in Custer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
    • Dewey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
      • Dewey is located in Custer County
    • Buffalo Gap
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Custer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • State Game Lodge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Game Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
      • State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
    • Fairburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairburn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
      • Fairburn is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairburn <3>
    • Spokane ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spokane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
      • Spokane is located in Custer County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
  • Fall River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Erskine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Erskine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
      • Erskine is located in Fall River County
    • Hot Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cascade Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cascade Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
      • Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
    • Rocky Ford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
    • Edgemont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
      • Edgemont is located in Fall River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <3>
    • Heppner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heppner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner
      • Heppner is located in Fall River County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
    • Provo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Oral
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
      • Oral is located in Fall River County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <3>
    • Rumford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rumford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
      • Rumford is located in Fall River County
    • Smithwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oelrichs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oelrichs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelrichs
      • Oelrichs is located in Fall River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelrichs <3>
  • Weston County (WY)
    • Clifton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Weston County (WY)

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

Cemeteries Near Ivanhoe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ivanhoe.

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 Ivanhoe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pringle Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pringle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pringle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hot Springs National Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hot Springs National Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hot Springs National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edgemont Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Buffalo Gap Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Gap Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hines Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Custer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Custer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Custer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Horsehead Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horsehead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Horsehead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smithwick Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smithwick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smithwick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Duck Creek Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duck Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duck Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairburn Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairburn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairburn 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.

Ivanhoe itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office. In 2014, Ivanhoe had a population of 144 people.

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

  • Minnekahta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnekahta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
    • Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
  • Argyle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argyle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Argyle is located in Custer County
  • Erskine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Erskine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
    • Erskine is located in Fall River County
  • Pringle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
    • Pringle is located in Custer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <3>
  • Hot Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Marietta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marietta is located in Fall River County
  • Edgemont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
    • Edgemont is located in Fall River County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <3>
  • Buffalo Gap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Provo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Custer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Clifton ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Weston County (WY)
  • Berne
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Berne is located in Custer County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rumford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rumford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
      • Rumford is located in Fall River County
    • Smithwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oreville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oreville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreville
      • Oreville is located in Pennington County

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

Newspapers Published in Ivanhoe ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ivanhoe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ivanhoe, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ivanhoe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ivanhoe:

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/

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 Ivanhoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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- Ivanhoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ivanhoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4791, Longitude: -103.6949       In this case, the coordinates for Ivanhoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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