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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 Potato Creek (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 Potato Creek. 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.

Name Variations for Potato Creek ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Potato Creek: Potato Crk. (or less commonly used: Potato Ck. or Potato Cr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Potato Creek is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Bennett, Haakon, Jones, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington & Todd.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Potato Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potato Creek, with the one closest to Potato Creek listed first.
    • Interior
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wanblee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanblee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanblee
      • Wanblee is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 725 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wanblee <1>
    • Weta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Long Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
      • Long Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Valley <1>
    • Cottonwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • 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
  • Bennett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potato Creek, with the one closest to Potato Creek listed first.
    • Allen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Plenty Bears
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plenty Bears have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plenty Bears
      • Plenty Bears is located in Bennett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
    • Swett ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett
      • Swett is located in Bennett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 283 people
    • Martin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oglala Lakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potato Creek, with the one closest to Potato Creek listed first.
    • Kyle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharps Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
      • Sharps Corner is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Rockyford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
      • Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Porcupine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Batesland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesland
      • Batesland is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesland <1>
  • Pennington County
    • Imlay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imlay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlay
      • Imlay is located in Pennington County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7 people

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

Newspapers Published in Potato Creek ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Potato Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Potato Creek, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Potato Creek.

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 Potato Creek:

Cemeteries Near Potato Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Potato Creek.

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

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

  • Native American Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Native American Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Native American Cemetery
  • Salaway Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mediator Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mediator Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mediator Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Body of Christ Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Ignatius Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ignatius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius Cemetery
  • Gethsemane Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Peyote Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Red Bear Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Bear Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Bear Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97436 <4>
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Potato Creek. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Potato Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potato Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5344, Longitude: -101.9961    
<4>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.




 

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