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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 Jordan Junction (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 Jordan Junction. 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 Jordan Junction ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Jordan Junction: Jordan Jct. (or less commonly used: Jordan Jctn.)

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Jordan Junction is located in Tripp 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 Tripp County: Keya Paha (NE), Gregory, Lyman, Mellette & Todd.

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

  • Tripp County     (The home county of Jordan Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Junction, with the one closest to Jordan Junction listed first.
    • New Witten
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Witten have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Witten
      • New Witten is located in Tripp County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Witten
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witten have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witten
      • Witten is located in Tripp County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 21 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Witten <2>
    • Winner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner
      • Winner is located in Tripp County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,787 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winner <2>
    • Carter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ideal
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Colome
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colome have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colome
      • Colome is located in Tripp County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colome <2>
    • Keyapaha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyapaha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyapaha
      • Keyapaha is located in Tripp County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 21 people
    • Millboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hamill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamill
      • Hamill is located in Tripp County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 11 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamill <2>
    • Wewela
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gregory County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Junction, with the one closest to Jordan Junction listed first.
    • Dallas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dallas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
      • Dallas is located in Gregory County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <2>
    • Dixon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Gregory County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 118 people
  • Mellette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Junction, with the one closest to Jordan Junction listed first.
    • Mosher
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosher
      • Mosher is located in Mellette County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
    • Wood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
      • Wood is located in Mellette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood <2>
  • Todd County

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

Cemeteries Near Jordan Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jordan Junction.

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Jordan Junction ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jordan Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jordan Junction, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jordan Junction.

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 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 Jordan Junction:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jordan Junction. 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>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.
<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 '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- Jordan Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jordan Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3864, Longitude: -100.0278    









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025