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 Lone Tree (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 Lone Tree. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Lone Tree is located in Moody 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 Moody County: Pipestone (MN), Brookings, Lake & Minnehaha.
Below are the counties that are near Lone Tree. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lone Tree:
- Moody County (The home county of Lone Tree)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Sioux Falls Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
- Egan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flandreau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dyce ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dyce is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
- Ward
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brookings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Medary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Medary is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bushnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bushnell is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Sinai
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
- Volga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Brant Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brant Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rutland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peninsula Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peninsula Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
- Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- Nunda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
- Junius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Junius is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
- Ramona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McCook County
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minnehaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Dell Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Huntimer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntimer is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntimer
- Estimated population in 2014: 590 people
- Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Colton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Sherman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Garretson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Renner Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Renner Corner is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner Corner
- Population from the 2010 Census: 305 people
- Renner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meadow View Addition
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadow View Addition is located in Minnehaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Addition
- Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
- Lincoln County (MN)
- Lake Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pipestone County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Airlie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Airlie is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Ihlen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Jasper Sunrise Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper Sunrise Village is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Sunrise Village
- Pipestone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Trosky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hatfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Edgerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rock County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Hardwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manley is located in Rock County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lone Tree, see our County-by-County Page for Lone Tree.
Cemeteries Near Lone Tree ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Tree.
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 Lone Tree - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lone Tree covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Colman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hegrey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trent Sunnyside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Molskness Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riverview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clare Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swedish Augustana Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Flandreau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97774 <2>
- North Clare Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Lone Tree in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lone Tree.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lone Tree, with the one closest to Lone Tree listed first.
- Sioux Falls Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
- Egan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flandreau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brant Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brant Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
- Dell Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Airlie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Airlie is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pipestone County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lone Tree. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Tree.
Newspapers Published in Lone Tree ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Tree.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Tree, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lone Tree.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lone Tree:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Moody County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brookings County
- Lake County
- McCook County
- Minnehaha County
- Lincoln County
- Pipestone 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 Lone Tree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Lone Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |