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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 Summerville (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 Summerville. 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 doctors 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.

Summerville is located in Perkins 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 Perkins County: Adams (ND), Butte, Corson, Harding, Meade & Ziebach.

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

  • Perkins County     (The home county of Summerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Shadehill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lemmon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemmon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon
      • Lemmon is located in Perkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemmon <1>
    • White Butte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Butte
      • White Butte is located in Perkins County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 19 people
    • Meadow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
      • Bison is located in Perkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bison <1>
    • Lodgepole
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodgepole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgepole
      • Lodgepole is located in Perkins County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 35 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodgepole <1>
  • Corson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Keldron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
      • Morristown is located in Corson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <1>
  • Adams County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Haynes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haynes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Haynes is located in Adams County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Hettinger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Summerville ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summerville.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Summerville:

Cemeteries Near Summerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summerville.

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

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

  • Sein Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sein Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sein Cemetery
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Cemetery
  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
  • Petrel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • North Lemmon Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
  • Meadow Gallaway Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Gallaway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Gallaway Cemetery
  • Stowers Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Stowers Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stowers Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102617 <4>
  • Bison Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bison Cemetery
  • Prince of Peace Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Fredlund Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fredlund Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredlund Cemetery
    • Cedar Valley Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chance Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

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

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>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Summerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Summerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7739, Longitude: -102.1774       In this case, the coordinates for Summerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.




 

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