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 City (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 City. 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 City ...
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 City: Lk. City
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake City. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake City.
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 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.
Lake City is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Sargent (ND), Brown, Day & Roberts.
Below are the counties that are near Lake City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake City:
- Marshall County (The home county of Lake City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Hillhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hillhead is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
- Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Veblen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marlow is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
- Britton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
- Kidder
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Langford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Britton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Britton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newark is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
- Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brown County
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Day County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Roslyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pierpont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waubay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holmquist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holmquist is located in Day County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmquist
- Estimated population in 2014: 154 people
- Bristol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Long Hollow Housing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Long Hollow Housing is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Housing
- Population from the 2010 Census: 192 people
- Claire City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sisseton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Goodwill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwill is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- Estimated population in 2014: 876 people
- Hammer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hammer is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer
- Estimated population in 2014: 241 people
- New Effington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Peever
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 125 people
- Peever Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peever Flats is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peever Flats
- Ortley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Traverse County (MN)
- Browns Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Browns Valley is located in Traverse County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Richland County (ND)
- Lidgerwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Havana
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ransom City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Brampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brampton is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
- Forman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake City, see our County-by-County Page for Lake City.
Cemeteries Near Lake City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake City.
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 City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lake City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southwest of Veblen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158819 <3>
- Old Eden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Sisseton Post Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Matthew Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trondhjem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Veblen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veblen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Veblen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Veblen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #988267 <3>
- Continue List (83 more) ...
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saron Free Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Lake City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Roslyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Britton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
- Havana
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Goodwill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwill is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- Estimated population in 2014: 876 people
- Langford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newark is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
- Cayuga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pierpont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Geneseo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Geneseo is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
- Ransom City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ransom City is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
- Brampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brampton is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lake City ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lake City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lake City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lake City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Lake City.
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 Lake City:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Day County
- Roberts County
- Traverse County
- Richland County
- Sargent 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |