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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 Plainview Colony (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 Plainview Colony. 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 hospitals and 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.

Plainview Colony is located in Edmunds 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 Edmunds County: Brown, Campbell, Faulk, McPherson, Potter, Spink & Walworth.

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

  • Edmunds County     (The home county of Plainview Colony)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plainview Colony, with the one closest to Plainview Colony listed first.
    • Ipswich
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Craven Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Craven Corner is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Corner
    • Craven
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Craven is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
    • Beebe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Beebe is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
    • Mina
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mina is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
      • Mina has also been known as:
      • Cortland
      • Cortlandt
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mina <1>
    • Roscoe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Powell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Powell is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Hosmer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Loyalton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Loyalton is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
    • Gretna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Gretna is located in Edmunds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plainview Colony, with the one closest to Plainview Colony listed first.
    • Pleasant Vally Development
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Gederos Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
    • Westport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Aberdeen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Barnard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Melrose Addition
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
    • Ordway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ordway is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
      • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
    • Prairie Wood Village Addition
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
    • Frederick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Warner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Faulk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plainview Colony, with the one closest to Plainview Colony listed first.
    • Cresbard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Wecota
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • McPherson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plainview Colony, with the one closest to Plainview Colony listed first.
    • Long Lake Colony
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
      • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people
    • Leola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Leola is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <1>
    • Wetonka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Wetonka is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetonka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
    • Long Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Lake is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
    • Spring Creek Colony
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Spring Creek Colony is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Colony
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 268 people
    • Hillsview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hillsview is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
  • Dickey County (ND)
    • Forbes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Forbes is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbes <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Plainview Colony ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainview Colony.

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 Plainview Colony - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Strassburg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Straasburg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Mound Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Ipswitch Southside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswitch Southside Cemetery
    • The Ipswitch Southside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Southside Cemetery
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Pembrook Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetonka Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Rueb Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Congregational Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Arena Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Leola Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • St. Hyacinth Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Congregational Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Ipswich
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Leola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Leola is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <1>
  • Mina
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mina is located in Edmunds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
    • Mina has also been known as:
    • Cortland
    • Cortlandt
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mina <1>
  • Roscoe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Powell
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Powell is located in Edmunds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Long Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Lake is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Hosmer
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Loyalton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Loyalton is located in Edmunds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
  • Westport
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Aberdeen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Rudolph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rudolph is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
    • Hillsview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hillsview is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
    • Cresbard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Ordway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ordway is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
      • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
    • Frederick
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Plainview Colony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainview Colony.

Newspapers Published in Plainview Colony ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainview Colony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plainview Colony, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plainview Colony.

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 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 Plainview Colony:

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>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 Plainview Colony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plainview Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.