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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 Turton (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 Turton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Turton is located in Spink 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 Spink County: Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk & Hand.

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

  • Spink County     (The home county of Turton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turton, with the one closest to Turton listed first.
    • Conde
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Doland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doland
      • Doland is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doland <1>
    • Brentford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brentford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentford
      • Brentford is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brentford <1>
    • Frankfort
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Mellette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellette have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellette
      • Mellette is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mellette <1>
    • Spink Colony
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spink Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
      • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
    • Duxbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
      • Duxbury is located in Spink County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
    • Redfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Northville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
      • Northville is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northville <1>
    • Tulare
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulare have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
      • Tulare is located in Spink County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turton, with the one closest to Turton listed first.
    • Verdon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
      • Verdon is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
    • Randolph
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Randolph. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Randolph is located in Brown County
    • Ferney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Stratford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stratford <1>
    • Mansfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Groton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
      • Groton is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,475 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <1>
    • Warner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • James
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for James. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
      • James is located in Brown County
    • Bath Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
      • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
    • Bath
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turton, with the one closest to Turton listed first.
    • Raymond
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Raymond is located in Clark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <1>
    • Crocker
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Merton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
      • Merton is located in Clark County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Garden City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Elrod
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elrod have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
      • Elrod is located in Clark County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
    • Carpenter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Codington County
    • Wallace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
      • Wallace is located in Codington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <1>
  • Day County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turton, with the one closest to Turton listed first.
    • Crandall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
      • Crandall is located in Day County
    • Lily
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
      • Lily is located in Day County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
    • Butler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Day County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Andover
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bristol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Bristol is located in Day County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <1>
    • Holmquist
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmquist
      • Holmquist is located in Day County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 154 people

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

Cemeteries Near Turton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turton.

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

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

  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Crandall Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crandall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crandall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Doland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Prairie Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Verdon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Verdon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Verdon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baldwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Scotland Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scotland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scotland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Plainview Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Logan Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Logan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Logan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Turton had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Turton had a population of 48 people.

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

  • Conde
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Doland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doland
    • Doland is located in Spink County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doland <1>
  • Raymond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <1>
  • Verdon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verdon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
    • Verdon is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
  • Frankfort
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Julian ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Julian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
    • Julian is located in Clark County
  • Ferney
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Ashton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Mellette
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellette have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellette
    • Mellette is located in Spink County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mellette <1>
  • Clark
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Merton ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
    • Merton is located in Clark County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
  • Bradley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lily
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
      • Lily is located in Day County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
    • Redfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Butler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Day County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Turton ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Turton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Turton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Turton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5> of Turton.

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 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 Turton:

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

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.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>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.
<3>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.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0489, Longitude: -98.0968       In this case, the coordinates for Turton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Turton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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