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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 Northville (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 Northville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Northville is located in Spink 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 Spink County: Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk & Hand.

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

  • Spink County     (The home county of Northville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Mellette
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellette
      • Mellette is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mellette <2>
    • Duxbury
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
      • Duxbury is located in Spink County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
    • Ashton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brentford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brentford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentford
      • Brentford is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brentford <2>
    • Redfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Conde
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Frankfort
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Turton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turton
      • Turton is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turton <2>
    • Tulare
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulare have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
      • Tulare is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <2>
    • Doland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doland
      • Doland is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doland <2>
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Mansfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Warner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Stratford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stratford <2>
    • Randolph
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Randolph. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Randolph is located in Brown County
    • Melrose Addition
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
      • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
    • Aberdeen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Aberdeen is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <2>
    • Jobee Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jobee Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobee Acres
      • Jobee Acres is located in Brown County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
    • Verdon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
      • Verdon is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
    • Gederos Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gederos Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
      • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
    • Bath Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
      • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
    • Bath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Vally Development
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Vally Development have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Vally Development
      • Pleasant Vally Development is located in Brown County
  • Day County
    • Crandall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
      • Crandall is located in Day County
  • Edmunds County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Mina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
      • Mina is located in Edmunds County
      • Mina has also been known as:
      • Cortland
      • Cortlandt
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mina <2>
    • Powell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in Edmunds County
    • Craven Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Corner
      • Craven Corner is located in Edmunds County
    • Craven
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
      • Craven is located in Edmunds County
    • Ipswich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Faulk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
    • Chelsea
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chelsea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
      • Chelsea is located in Faulk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
    • Devoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
      • Devoe is located in Faulk County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
    • Cresbard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresbard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresbard
      • Cresbard is located in Faulk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cresbard <2>
    • Zell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
      • Zell is located in Faulk County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
    • Rockham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockham
      • Rockham is located in Faulk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockham <2>
    • Miranda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
      • Miranda is located in Faulk County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
    • Wecota
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Faulkton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Orient
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Millard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
      • Millard is located in Faulk County

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

Cemeteries Near Northville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northville.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ashton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baldwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warner Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • United Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Devoe Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devoe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Richland Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • St. Herbert Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Herbert Cemetery
      • The St. Herbert Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Kent Twp. Cemetery
    • Cresbard Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cresbard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cresbard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hope Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Northville had a population of 624 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Northville had a population of 144 people.

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

  • Mellette
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellette
    • Mellette is located in Spink County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mellette <2>
  • Mansfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Duxbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
    • Duxbury is located in Spink County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
  • Athol
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
    • Athol is located in Spink County
  • Ashton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Warner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rudolph
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rudolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
    • Rudolph is located in Brown County
  • Devoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
    • Devoe is located in Faulk County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
  • Cresbard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresbard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresbard
    • Cresbard is located in Faulk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cresbard <2>
  • Zell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
    • Zell is located in Faulk County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
  • Redfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Rockham
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockham
    • Rockham is located in Faulk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockham <2>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Mina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
      • Mina is located in Edmunds County
      • Mina has also been known as:
      • Cortland
      • Cortlandt
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mina <2>
    • Miranda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
      • Miranda is located in Faulk County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
    • Aberdeen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Aberdeen is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Northville ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Northville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Northville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Northville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Northville.

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 Northville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Northville. 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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Northville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1547, Longitude: -98.5790       In this case, the coordinates for Northville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Northville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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