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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Maywood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Maywood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Maywood, please Contact Us.

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 Maywood (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 Maywood. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Maywood is historic, it would have been located within present day Hanson 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 Hanson County: Davison, Hutchinson, McCook, Miner & Sanborn.

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

  • Hanson County     (The home county of Maywood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
    • Rockport Colony
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
    • Alexandria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fulton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Emery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Farmer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Farmer is located in Hanson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
    • Plano
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Plano is located in Hanson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
    • Farwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Farwell is located in Hanson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
    • Epiphany
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
      • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
  • Aurora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
    • Stickney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Plankinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bon Homme County
    • Scotland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Davison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
    • Ethan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mitchell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • River Bluff Addition
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
    • Loomis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Vernon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
    • Hillside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hillside is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
      • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
    • Delmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Douglas City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
    • Corsica
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Armour
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Harrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Hutchinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
    • Dimock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Elm Springs Colony
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
    • Parkston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Milltown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
    • Tschetter Colony
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tschetter Colony is located in Hutchinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tschetter Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 80 people
    • Tripp
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <2>
    • Wolf Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
      • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
    • Kaylor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Olivet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Menno
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Menno is located in Hutchinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menno <2>
    • Freeman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McCook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.
    • Bridgewater
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Spencer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in McCook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Sanborn County
    • Letcher
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Turner County
    • Dolton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Dolton is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people

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

Cemeteries Near Maywood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maywood.

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 Maywood - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maywood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Home Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Milltown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Parkston Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Emsley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Friedhof Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Dakota City Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Evangelic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Elgenfield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Zion Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosenfeld 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.

While we didn't find Maywood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maywood.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Maywood, with the one closest to Maywood listed first.

  • Ethan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Parkston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Milltown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
  • Alexandria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mitchell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Fulton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Emery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tripp
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <2>
  • Farmer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmer is located in Hanson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
  • Delmont
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Vernon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Grandview ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Grandview is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Bridgewater
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Olivet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Spencer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Maywood ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maywood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maywood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maywood.

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 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 Maywood:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Maywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Maywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.