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 Lake Andes (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 Lake Andes. 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 Lake Andes ...
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 Lake Andes: Lk. Andes
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Lake Andes is located in Charles Mix County and is the County Seat.
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 Charles Mix County: Boyd (NE), Knox (NE), Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Douglas, Gregory & Hutchinson.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Andes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Andes:
- Charles Mix County (The home county of Lake Andes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Ravinia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pickstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Geddes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wagner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Dante
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Platte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Aurora Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aurora Center is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Center
- Stickney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bon Homme County
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Armour
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Douglas City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
- Corsica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Joubert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Joubert is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
- Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
- New Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Delmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
- Gregory County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Fort Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Randall is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
- East Gregory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Gregory is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Fairfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bonesteel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hutchinson County
- Tripp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boyd County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Gross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gross is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
- Anoka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anoka is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Bristow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Butte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monowi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monowi is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Holt County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Paddock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paddock is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Redbird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Redbird is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Knox County (NE)
- Verdel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verdel is located in Knox County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Andes, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Andes.
Cemeteries Near Lake Andes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Andes.
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 Lake Andes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Andes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Lake View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Lake Andes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cohee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Ft. Randall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randall Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Lake Andes Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- German Reform Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ducharme Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Lake Andes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Andes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Andes, with the one closest to Lake Andes listed first.
- Armour
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Grandview ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Joubert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Joubert is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
- Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
- Delmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bristow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Butte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Platte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paddock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paddock is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Andes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Andes.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lake Andes ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Andes.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lake Andes. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lake Andes and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lake Andes.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Lake Andes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lake Andes:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Charles Mix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aurora County
- Bon Homme County
- Douglas County
- Gregory County
- Hutchinson County
- Boyd County
- Holt County
- Knox 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> | 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 Lake Andes, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Andes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |