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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 Wanblee (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 Wanblee. 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 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.

Wanblee is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Bennett, Haakon, Jones, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington & Todd.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Wanblee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanblee, with the one closest to Wanblee listed first.
    • Long Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
      • Long Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Valley <2>
    • Weta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Weta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weta
      • Weta is located in Jackson County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
    • Potato Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Creek
      • Potato Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Kadoka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Interior
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Belvidere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvidere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belvidere <2>
    • Cottonwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Cottonwood is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
  • Bennett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanblee, with the one closest to Wanblee listed first.
    • Plenty Bears
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plenty Bears have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plenty Bears
      • Plenty Bears is located in Bennett County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
    • Allen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Vetal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetal
      • Vetal is located in Bennett County
    • Tuthill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Mellette County
    • Norris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Oglala Lakota County
    • Kyle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Wanblee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wanblee.

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

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

  • Gethsemane Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • St. Ignatius Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ignatius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hawking Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawking Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawking Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Native American Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Native American Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Native American Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salaway Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Peyote Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Bear Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Bear Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Bear Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97436 <4>
  • Flat Top Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat Top Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flat Top Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Norris Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norris Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stands for Them Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stands for Them Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stands for Them Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Body of Christ Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Stephen Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Wanblee ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wanblee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wanblee, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wanblee.

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 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 Wanblee:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wanblee. 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>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>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.
<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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wanblee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wanblee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5694, Longitude: -101.6604       In this case, the coordinates for Wanblee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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