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 Nowlin (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 Nowlin. 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 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.

Nowlin is located in Haakon 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 Haakon County: Dewey, Jackson, Jones, Meade, Pennington, Stanley & Ziebach.

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

• Haakon County     (The home county of Nowlin)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Nowlin, with the one closest to Nowlin listed first.
  • Midland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
    • Midland is located in Haakon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midland <1>
  • Philip
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philip
    • Philip is located in Haakon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philip <1>
  • Moenville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moenville
    • Moenville is located in Haakon County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
• Jackson County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Nowlin, with the one closest to Nowlin listed first.
  • Belvidere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvidere have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belvidere <1>
  • Kadoka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kadoka
    • Kadoka is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kadoka <1>
  • Weta
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weta
    • Weta is located in Jackson County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
  • Cottonwood
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Cottonwood is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
• Jones County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Nowlin, with the one closest to Nowlin listed first.
  • Capa ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capa
    • Capa is located in Jones County
  • Okaton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okaton
    • Okaton is located in Jones County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okaton <1>
• Stanley County
  • Hayes
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
    • Hayes is located in Stanley County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Nowlin ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nowlin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nowlin, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nowlin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Nowlin:

• Websites specific to South Dakota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the South Dakota State Archives

• Pages specific to Haakon County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Jackson County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Jones County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Stanley County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Haakon County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Haakon County

Cemeteries Near Nowlin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nowlin.

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

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

• Nowlin Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nowlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nowlin Cemetery
• Midland Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midland Cemetery
• Flat Top Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flat Top Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat Top Cemetery
• Belvedere Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belvedere Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belvedere Cemetery
• Riverview Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
• Mattison Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mattison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mattison Cemetery
• Barnette Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnette Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nowlin had a post office and no railroad service.

• Philip
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philip
  • Philip is located in Haakon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philip <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nowlin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/