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 Sanator (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 Sanator. 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 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.
Sanator is located in Custer 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 Custer County: Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Niobrara (WY) & Weston (WY).
Below are the counties that are near Sanator. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sanator:
- Custer County (The home county of Sanator)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanator, with the one closest to Sanator listed first.
- Custer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fourmile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fourmile is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
- Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
- Pringle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Berne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Berne is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- State Game Lodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Spokane ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spokane is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
- Fairburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hermosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dewey is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Fall River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanator, with the one closest to Sanator listed first.
- Erskine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Erskine is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
- Hot Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cascade Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
- Oral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Rocky Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
- Edgemont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County
- Merritt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Merritt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Estimated population in 2014: 175 people
- Pennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanator, with the one closest to Sanator listed first.
- Hill City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Keystone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
- Harney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harney is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Estimated population in 2014: 64 people
- Hayward ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hayward is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
- Redfern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Redfern is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfern
- Rockerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stratosphere Bowl
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stratosphere Bowl is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratosphere Bowl
- Estimated population in 2014: 72 people
- Colonial Pine Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
- Canyon City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Canyon City is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Mystic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mystic is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Weston County (WY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanator, with the one closest to Sanator listed first.
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Weston County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Spencer ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spencer is located in Weston County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Hill View Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hill View Heights is located in Weston County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Heights
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sanator, see our County-by-County Page for Sanator.
Cemeteries Near Sanator ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sanator.
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 Sanator - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sanator covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sanator, with the one closest to Sanator listed first.
- Custer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pringle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Keystone.
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keystone Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97167 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs National Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairburn Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Gap Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockerville Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hines Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edgemont Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rochford Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Lawn Memorial Park
(29 miles [46.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Sanator in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sanator.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sanator, with the one closest to Sanator listed first.
- Custer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pringle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Berne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Berne is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Argyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Oreville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oreville is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreville
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
- Spokane ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spokane is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
- Hill City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Minnekahta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
- Erskine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Erskine is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
- Hayward ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hayward is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Hot Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fairburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sanator. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sanator.
Newspapers Published in Sanator ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sanator.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sanator, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sanator.
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 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 Sanator:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Custer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fall River County
- Lawrence County
- Pennington County
- Weston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sanator, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Sanator) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |