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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 Rockyford (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 Rockyford. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala Lakota County: Dawes (NE), Sheridan (NE), Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson & Pennington.

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

  • Oglala Lakota County     (The home county of Rockyford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockyford, with the one closest to Rockyford listed first.
    • Sharps Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
      • Sharps Corner is located in Oglala Lakota County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
    • Kyle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Manderson - White Horse Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manderson - White Horse Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderson - White Horse Creek
      • Manderson - White Horse Creek is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Manderson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Porcupine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wounded Knee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Oglala
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Denby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denby
      • Denby is located in Oglala Lakota County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockyford, with the one closest to Rockyford listed first.
    • Potato Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Creek
      • Potato Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Interior
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockyford, with the one closest to Rockyford listed first.
    • Imlay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imlay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    • Scenic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Rockyford ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockyford.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Rockyford:

Cemeteries Near Rockyford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockyford.

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

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

  • St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
  • Mediator Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mediator Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mediator Cemetery
  • St. Julia Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Jumping Eagle Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Scenic Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scenic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scenic Cemetery
  • Native American Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Native American Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Native American Cemetery
  • St. James Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Tashnke-Ko-Ki-Pa-Pi Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tashnke-Ko-Ki-Pa-Pi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tashnke-Ko-Ki-Pa-Pi Cemetery
  • Lamont Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • 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 Rockyford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockyford.

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

The official website for Oglala Lakota County: oglalalakota.sdcounties.org/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rockyford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockyford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4847, Longitude: -102.4860    
<5>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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