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 State Game Lodge (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 State Game Lodge. 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 State Game Lodge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for State Game Lodge: State Game Ldg. (or less commonly used: State Game Ldge.)
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 southwest 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 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.
State Game Lodge 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 State Game Lodge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to State Game Lodge:
- Custer County (The home county of State Game Lodge)
- The following are listed by their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Spokane ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spokane is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
- Hermosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Custer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sanator
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sanator is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanator
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,350 people
- Berne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Berne is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Fourmile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fourmile is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
- Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
- Pringle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
- Fall River County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Hot Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Erskine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Erskine is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
- Oral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cascade Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Merritt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Merritt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Estimated population in 2014: 175 people
- Nemo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Diamond City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Blackhawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Summerset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Hayward ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Frenchtown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
- Harney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harney is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Estimated population in 2014: 64 people
- Keystone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
- Stratosphere Bowl
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stratosphere Bowl is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratosphere Bowl
- Estimated population in 2014: 72 people
- Hill City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Pine Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
- Wildwood Addition
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Addition is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
- Redfern
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redfern is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfern
- Johnson Siding
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Johnson Siding is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Siding
- Population from the 2010 Census: 659 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to State Game Lodge, see our County-by-County Page for State Game Lodge.
Cemeteries Near State Game Lodge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of State Game Lodge.
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 State Game Lodge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for State Game Lodge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Mountain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Fairburn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Custer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rockerville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pringle Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lawn Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Gap Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Rapid City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97276 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs National Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hines Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Blackhawk Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Larsen Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 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 State Game Lodge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of State Game Lodge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from State Game Lodge, with the one closest to State Game Lodge listed first.
- Spokane ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spokane is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
- Hayward ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Fairburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hermosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Custer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oreville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oreville is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreville
- Berne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Berne is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
- Hill City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pringle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Argyle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Redfern
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redfern is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfern
- Pactola ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pactola is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around State Game Lodge. See our List of 1890's Communities around State Game Lodge.
Newspapers Published in State Game Lodge ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around State Game Lodge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of State Game Lodge, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for State Game Lodge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 State Game Lodge:
- Websites specific to South Dakota
- Pages specific to Custer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fall River County
- Lawrence County
- Meade County
- Pennington 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 State Game Lodge, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- State Game Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |