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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 Nahon (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 Nahon. 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 hospitals and 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.

Nahon is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Dickey (ND), Sargent (ND), Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Marshall, McPherson & Spink.

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

  • Brown County     (The home county of Nahon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nahon, with the one closest to Nahon listed first.
    • Jobee Acres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jobee Acres is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobee Acres
      • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
    • Melrose Addition
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
    • Warner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bath Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
    • Aberdeen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bath
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Prairie Wood Village Addition
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
    • Gederos Estates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
    • James
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • James is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
    • Pleasant Vally Development
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mansfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ordway
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Ordway is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
      • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
  • Day County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nahon, with the one closest to Nahon listed first.
    • Andover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Crandall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Crandall is located in Day County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
    • Pierpont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Edmunds County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nahon, with the one closest to Nahon listed first.
    • Mina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Mina is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
      • Mina has also been known as:
      • Cortland
      • Cortlandt
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mina <1>
    • Craven Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Craven Corner is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Corner
    • Craven
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Craven is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
    • Ipswich
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Faulk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nahon, with the one closest to Nahon listed first.
    • Chelsea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chelsea is located in Faulk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
    • Cresbard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Devoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Devoe is located in Faulk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
      • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
  • McPherson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nahon, with the one closest to Nahon listed first.
    • Wetonka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wetonka is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetonka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
    • Long Lake Colony
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people
  • Spink County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nahon, with the one closest to Nahon listed first.
    • Duxbury
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Duxbury is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
      • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
    • Brentford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mellette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Northville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Conde
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Turton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Nahon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nahon.

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

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

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

  • Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • German Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Warner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • East Rondell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • James Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Groton Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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 Nahon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nahon.

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

  • Warner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rudolph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rudolph is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
  • Aberdeen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bath
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Duxbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Duxbury is located in Spink County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
    • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
  • Plana
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plana is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plana
  • James
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • James is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Mansfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ordway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ordway is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
    • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
  • Ferney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Groton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mellette
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Putney
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Putney is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
      • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
    • Columbia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Verdon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Verdon is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people

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

Newspapers Published in Nahon ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nahon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nahon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nahon.

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 Nahon:

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' (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- Nahon) 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 Nahon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.