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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Pitrodie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pitrodie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pitrodie, please Contact Us.

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 Pitrodie (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 Pitrodie. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Pitrodie is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Beadle, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Kingsbury & Spink.

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

  • Clark County     (The home county of Pitrodie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitrodie, with the one closest to Pitrodie listed first.
    • Carpenter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Success ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Success is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
    • Vienna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Clark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Naples
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Naples is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Raymond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Elrod
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Elrod is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
      • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
    • Garden City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Beadle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitrodie, with the one closest to Pitrodie listed first.
    • Yale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cavour
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huron Colony
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
    • Morningside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Morningside is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
    • Huron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Huron is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <2>
    • Broadland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Broadland is located in Beadle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Hitchcock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Codington County
    • Henry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Henry is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <2>
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitrodie, with the one closest to Pitrodie listed first.
    • Bryant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hazel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitrodie, with the one closest to Pitrodie listed first.
    • Osceola
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
    • Bancroft
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Iroquois
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Manchester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
    • De Smet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Erwin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Esmond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
      • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
    • Lake Preston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Miner County
    • Carthage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Spink County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitrodie, with the one closest to Pitrodie listed first.
    • LaDelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
    • Spink Colony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
    • Doland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Frankfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Pitrodie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pitrodie.

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

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

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

  • Petrodie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • LeSueur Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Williams Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Richland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Faith Mennonite Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hague Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Shue Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • West Merton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Darlington Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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.

Pitrodie itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 75 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Pitrodie had a population of 25 people.

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

  • Osceola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Bancroft
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • Willow Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Carlton ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Carlton is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
  • Yale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Merton ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Merton is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
  • Iroquois
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
  • Manchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
  • Success ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Success is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • LaDelle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • LaDelle is located in Spink County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
  • Cavour
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bryant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • De Smet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Vienna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Pitrodie ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pitrodie.

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

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 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 Pitrodie:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Pitrodie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pitrodie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.