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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 Ludlow (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 Ludlow. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Ludlow is located in Harding 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 Harding County: Carter (MT), Fallon (MT), Adams (ND), Bowman (ND), Butte & Perkins.

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

  • Harding County     (The home county of Ludlow)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
    • Ralph
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Buffalo is located in Harding County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <1>
    • Reva
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reva
      • Reva is located in Harding County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reva <1>
  • Adams County (ND)
    • Reeder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
      • Reeder is located in Adams County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reeder <1>
  • Bowman County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
    • Haley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
      • Bowman is located in Bowman County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
      • Former names for Bowman:
      • Eden
      • Lowden
      • Twin Buttes
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowman <1>
    • Gascoyne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gascoyne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gascoyne
      • Gascoyne is located in Bowman County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
    • Scranton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rhame
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhame have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhame
      • Rhame is located in Bowman County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhame <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Ludlow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ludlow.

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

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

  • Grand River Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cave Hills Lutheran Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cave Hills Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cave Hills Lutheran Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Buffalo.
    • The Cave Hills Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cave Hills Church Cemetery
    • Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    • South Cave Hills Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2275983 <4>
  • Haley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Grand River Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Grand River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saint Eulalia Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ladner Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladner Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ladner Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Ladner.
    • The Ladner Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ladner Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97179 <4>
  • Buffalo Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mamre Lutheran Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • South Grand River Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Grand River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bowman Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scion Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Scranton Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scranton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scranton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Alma Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alma Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Henry Bingaman Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Bingaman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Bingaman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ludlow ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ludlow.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ludlow. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ludlow and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ludlow.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Ludlow.

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 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 Ludlow:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ludlow. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Ludlow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ludlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8344, Longitude: -103.3766       In this case, the coordinates for Ludlow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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