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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 Warbonnet (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 Warbonnet. 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.

Warbonnet is located in Pennington 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 Pennington County: Custer, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota & Weston (WY).

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

  • Pennington County     (The home county of Warbonnet)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warbonnet, with the one closest to Warbonnet listed first.
    • Green Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Valley is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
    • Murphy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Murphy is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Estimated population in 2014: 482 people
    • Rapid Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Rapid Valley is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,260 people
    • Caputa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rapid City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wildwood Addition
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Wildwood Addition is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Addition
      • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
    • Box Elder
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Sioux Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sioux Village is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Village
      • Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
    • Ashland Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
    • Colonial Pine Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
    • Stratosphere Bowl
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Stratosphere Bowl is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratosphere Bowl
      • Estimated population in 2014: 72 people
    • Rockerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Farmingdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Farmingdale is located in Pennington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmingdale
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10 people
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warbonnet, with the one closest to Warbonnet listed first.
    • Hermosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Spokane ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Spokane is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
    • State Game Lodge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
    • Fairburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Berne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Berne is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Custer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Warbonnet, with the one closest to Warbonnet listed first.
    • Nemo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Merritt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Merritt is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
      • Estimated population in 2014: 175 people
    • Tomahawk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
      • Estimated population in 2014: 36 people
    • Greenwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Greenwood has also been known as:
      • Laflin
    • Diamond City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • 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 Warbonnet, with the one closest to Warbonnet listed first.
    • Blackhawk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bend
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bend is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
    • Summerset
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Piedmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Viewfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Viewfield is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
      • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
    • Tilford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tilford is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford

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

Cemeteries Near Warbonnet ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Warbonnet.

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

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

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

  • Pine Lawn Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockerville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Larsen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Blackhawk Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Elk Vale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Viewfield Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Piedmont Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairburn Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Owanka Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Custer Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Meadow Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Warbonnet in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Warbonnet.

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

  • Rapid City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hermosa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Farmingdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Farmingdale is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmingdale
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10 people
  • Hayward ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayward is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
  • Blackhawk
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spokane ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Spokane is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
  • Bend
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bend is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
  • Sheridan ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Sheridan is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
  • Folsom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Folsom is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Pactola ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pactola is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
  • Piedmont
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fairburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Viewfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Viewfield is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
      • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
    • Hill City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Warbonnet ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Warbonnet.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Warbonnet:

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 Warbonnet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Warbonnet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.