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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 Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek 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.

Name Variations for Spring Creek Colony ...

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 Spring Creek Colony: Spring Crk. Colony (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. Colony or Spring Cr. Colony)

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 northwest 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 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.

Spring Creek Colony is located in McPherson 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 McPherson County: Dickey (ND), McIntosh (ND), Brown, Campbell & Edmunds.

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

  • McPherson County     (The home county of Spring Creek Colony)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony, with the one closest to Spring Creek Colony listed first.
    • Leola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
      • Leola is located in McPherson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <2>
    • Long Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Long Lake is located in McPherson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
    • Wetonka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetonka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetonka
      • Wetonka is located in McPherson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
    • Long Lake Colony
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
      • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony, with the one closest to Spring Creek Colony listed first.
    • Winship
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
      • Winship is located in Brown County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
    • Frederick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Barnard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Westport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Westport is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westport <2>
    • Pleasant Vally Development
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Vally Development have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Vally Development
      • Pleasant Vally Development is located in Brown County
  • Dickey County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony, with the one closest to Spring Creek Colony listed first.
    • Forbes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forbes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
      • Forbes is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbes <2>
    • Ellendale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
      • Ellendale is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellendale <2>
    • Merricourt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
      • Merricourt is located in Dickey County (ND)
    • Monango
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monango have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
      • Monango is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Fullerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
      • Fullerton is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <2>
  • LaMoure County (ND)
    • Kulm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kulm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulm
      • Kulm is located in LaMoure County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulm <2>
  • Logan County (ND)
    • Fredonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
      • Fredonia is located in Logan County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredonia <2>
  • McIntosh County (ND)
    • Ashley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
      • Ashley is located in McIntosh County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashley <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Spring Creek 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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Creek Colony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Creek Colony, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Creek 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 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 Spring Creek Colony:

Cemeteries Near Spring Creek Colony ...

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

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

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

  • Forbes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forbes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forbes Cemetery
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
  • Saron Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saron Cemetery
  • St. Hyacinth Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hyacinth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hyacinth Cemetery
  • Hoffnungs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoffnungs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoffnungs Cemetery
  • Ehpresman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ehpresman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ehpresman Cemetery
  • Gienger Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gienger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gienger Cemetery
  • Hoffnungs Gemeinde Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoffnungs Gemeinde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoffnungs Gemeinde Cemetery
  • Wirch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wirch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wirch Cemetery
  • Cemetery of Salem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cemetery of Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery of Salem
  • St. Lucas Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lucas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lucas Cemetery
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery
  • Continue List   (55 more) ...
    • Emmanuel Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Cemetery
    • Green Mound Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Mound Cemetery
    • Bertsch Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bertsch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bertsch Cemetery

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.<4>

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

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

  • Leola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
    • Leola is located in McPherson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <2>
  • Long Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Long Lake is located in McPherson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Winship
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
    • Winship is located in Brown County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
  • Frederick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Duane
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
    • Duane is located in Dickey County (ND)
  • Merricourt
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
    • Merricourt is located in Dickey County (ND)
  • Boynton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boynton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
    • Boynton is located in Dickey County (ND)
  • Monango
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monango have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
    • Monango is located in Dickey County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
  • Silverleaf
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
    • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County (ND)
  • Lowell
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in McIntosh County (ND)
  • Westport
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
    • Westport is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westport <2>
  • Ashley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
    • Ashley is located in McIntosh County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashley <2>
  • Fullerton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
    • Fullerton is located in Dickey County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <2>

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

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

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Creek Colony) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Creek Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9091, Longitude: -98.8787       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Creek Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Spring Creek Colony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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