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 Lennox (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 Lennox. 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 hospitals 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.
Lennox is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Lyon (IA), Sioux (IA), Clay, Minnehaha, Turner & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Lennox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lennox:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Lennox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Worthing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shindler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shindler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shindler
- Population from the 2010 Census: 584 people
- Moe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moe
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
- Komstad ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Komstad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komstad
- Estimated population in 2014: 12 people
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lodi is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Estimated population in 2014: 82 people
- Wakonda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alsen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alsen is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsen
- Hub City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hub City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Bloomingdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Westreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westreville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westreville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 208 people
- Hutchinson County
- Freeman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McCook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Canistota
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnehaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- El Rancho Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- El Rancho Acres is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rancho Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 27 people
- Hayward Addition
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hayward Addition is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Silver Valley Addition
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley Addition is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 112 people
- West Acres Development
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Acres Development is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Acres Development
- Estimated population in 2014: 180 people
- Webster Grove Addition
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Webster Grove Addition is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Grove Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 156 people
- Sioux Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pumpkin Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
- Ellis Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ellis Corner is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Corner
- Estimated population in 2014: 99 people
- Split Rock Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Split Rock Heights is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 216 people
- Hartford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norton Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Norton Acres is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 342 people
- Pine Lakes Addition
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lakes Addition is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes Addition
- Population from the 2010 Census: 314 people
- Turner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Chancellor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Davis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Parker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Viborg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Irene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dolton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dolton is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Beresford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beresford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
- Former name for Beresford:
- Paris
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beresford <1>
- Emmet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Emmet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Estimated population in 2014: 231 people
- Alcester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nora is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Yankton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 208 people
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Yankton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Volin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyon County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Beloit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beloit is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Klondike
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Klondike is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Inwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Larchwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alvord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lester is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Rock County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Bruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce is located in Rock County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Manley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manley is located in Rock County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lennox, see our County-by-County Page for Lennox.
Cemeteries Near Lennox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lennox.
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 Lennox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lennox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Lennox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lennox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chancellor Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turner County Evangelical Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chancellor Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Worthing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tea Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melhus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frieling Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (131 more) ...
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hurley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lennox had a population of 363 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lennox had a population of 2,500 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lennox, with the one closest to Lennox listed first.
- Worthing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ellis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ellis is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shindler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shindler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shindler
- Population from the 2010 Census: 584 people
- Sioux Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beloit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beloit is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Granite
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Granite is located in Lyon County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- East Sioux Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Sioux Falls is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sioux Falls
- Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beresford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beresford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
- Former name for Beresford:
- Paris
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beresford <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lennox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lennox.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lennox ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lennox.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lennox. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lennox and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lennox.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Lennox.
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 websites either 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 Lennox:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Hutchinson County
- McCook County
- Minnehaha County
- Turner County
- Union County
- Yankton County
- Lyon County
- Rock 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lennox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lennox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |