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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Success. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Success to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Success, please Contact Us.

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 Success (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 Success. 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 doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Success is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Beadle, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Kingsbury & Spink.

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

  • Clark County     (The home county of Success)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Success, with the one closest to Success listed first.
    • Willow Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Vienna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Naples
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Naples is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
      • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
    • Carpenter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Elrod
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Elrod is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
      • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
    • Clark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Raymond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Beadle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Success, with the one closest to Success listed first.
    • Yale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cavour
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Codington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Success, with the one closest to Success listed first.
    • Henry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Henry is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <2>
    • Grover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Grover is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
      • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
    • Kampeska
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kampeska is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
      • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
    • Appleby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Appleby is located in Codington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
  • Hamlin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Success, with the one closest to Success listed first.
    • Bryant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Norden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hayti
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Alsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
    • Thomas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
    • Stone Bridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
    • Kones Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
    • Castlewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dempster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
  • Kingsbury County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Success, with the one closest to Success listed first.
    • Erwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bancroft
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • De Smet
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lake Preston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
    • Osceola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
    • Badger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Hetland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Iroquois
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Esmond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
      • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
    • Oldham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Miner County
    • Carthage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Spink County
    • LaDelle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • LaDelle is located in Spink County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle

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

Cemeteries Near Success ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Success.

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 Success - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Success covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bryant.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97826 <3>
  • Our Redeemer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Spirt Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Erwin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erwin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the northwest of Erwin.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96970 <3>
  • Clara Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Scandinavian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethania Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the east of Erwin.
    • The Bethania Cemetery has also been known as:
    • East Bethania Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96797 <3>
  • Vienna Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Garfield Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (80 more) ...
    • Dixon Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • LeSueur Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kellerton Zion Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.

Success itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Success had a population of 6,741 people.

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

  • Bryant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Erwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Vienna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bancroft
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • De Smet
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Naples
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Naples is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Hazel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
    • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
  • Osceola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Manchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
  • Lake Preston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hayti
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Carlton ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlton is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Hetland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Success ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Success.

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

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 Success:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Success, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- Success) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.