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 Orton (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 Orton. 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 and hospitals 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.
Orton is located in Stanley 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 Stanley County: Dewey, Haakon, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Sully & Ziebach.
Below are the counties that are near Orton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orton:
- Stanley County (The home county of Orton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orton, with the one closest to Orton listed first.
- Mission Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Ridge
- Mission Ridge is located in Stanley County
- Estimated population in 2014: 177 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission Ridge <1>
- Lacy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Hayes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- 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>
- Dewey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orton, with the one closest to Orton listed first.
- Ridgeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Ridgeview is located in Dewey County
- Estimated population in 2014: 47 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeview <1>
- Parade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parade
- Parade is located in Dewey County
- Estimated population in 2014: 34 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parade <1>
- Eagle Butte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Butte
- Eagle Butte is located in Dewey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Butte <1>
- North Eagle Butte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Eagle Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Eagle Butte
- North Eagle Butte is located in Dewey County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,954 people
- Haakon County
- Moenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moenville
- Hughes County
- Sully County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orton, see our County-by-County Page for Orton.
Newspapers Published in Orton ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Orton:
- 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 Stanley County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dewey County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Haakon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Hughes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sully County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dewey County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of South Dakota
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of South Dakota
- Cemeteries of Stanley County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of South Dakota
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of South Dakota
- Cemeteries of Stanley County
Cemeteries Near Orton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orton.
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 Orton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orton, with the one closest to Orton listed first.
- Mission Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Ridge Cemetery
- Rousseau Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rousseau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rousseau Cemetery
- Lindsay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lindsay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lindsay Cemetery
- Walking Horse Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walking Horse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walking Horse Cemetery
- Sansarc Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sansarc Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sansarc Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blair Cemetery
- Lone Grave Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Grave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Grave Cemetery
- Okobojo Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Okobojo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Okobojo Cemetery
- Robbs Flat Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robbs Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robbs Flat Cemetery
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Buffalo Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Cemetery
- St. Marks Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
- Eagle Butte Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagle Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Butte Cemetery
- St. Josephs 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>
While we didn't find Orton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orton, with the one closest to Orton listed first.
- Okobojo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Oahe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/
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 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. |
| <3> | 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- Orton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7103, Longitude: -100.8421 In this case, the coordinates for Orton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Orton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |