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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 North Grove Addition (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 North Grove Addition. 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.

Name Variations for North Grove Addition ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Grove Addition: N. Grove Addition

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

North Grove Addition is located in Brookings 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 Brookings County: Lincoln (MN), Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody.

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

  • Brookings County     (The home county of North Grove Addition)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Sunnyview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
      • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
    • Bruce
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Bruce is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <1>
    • White
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • White is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <1>
    • Brookings
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Volga
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Volga is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <1>
    • Bushnell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • Aurora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Medary
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Medary is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
    • Sinai
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sinai is located in Brookings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <1>
    • Elkton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Codington County
    • Appleby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Appleby is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
  • Deuel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Johnsonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Johnsonville is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
    • Toronto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Astoria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brandt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Bemis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bemis is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
    • Altamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Altamont is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Moritz
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Moritz is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moritz
      • Estimated population in 2011: 13 people
    • Gary
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodwin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Estelline
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dempster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
    • Stone Bridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
    • Alsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
    • Castlewood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Norden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hayti
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kones Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
    • Thomas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Arlington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Badger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hetland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Oldham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Preston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Nunda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
    • Rutland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ramona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Moody County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Dyce ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Dyce is located in Moody County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
    • Ward
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Flandreau
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Colman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Egan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Grove Addition, with the one closest to North Grove Addition listed first.
    • Hendricks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ivanhoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ivanhoe is located in Lincoln County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivanhoe <1>
    • Lake Benton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Arco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Arco is located in Lincoln County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arco <1>

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

Cemeteries Near North Grove Addition ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Grove Addition.

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 North Grove Addition - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Deer Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Bruce.
  • St. Petri Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bruce.
    • The Elmwood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bruce Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151790 <2>
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fountain Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fair View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Brookings.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97065 <2>
  • St. Thomas More Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas More Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Thomas More Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Brookings.
    • The St. Thomas More Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136600 <2>
  • Mikkelson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • First Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Bruce
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bruce is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <1>
  • White
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • White is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <1>
  • Brookings
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Volga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Volga is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <1>
  • Bushnell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
  • Aurora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Estelline
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Toronto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dempster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
  • Arlington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sinai
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sinai is located in Brookings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <1>
  • Hendricks
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Brandt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Clear Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in North Grove Addition ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Grove Addition.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Grove Addition, 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 North Grove Addition.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 North Grove Addition:

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 North Grove Addition, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Grove Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.