2017 Map of Duncan Church

About this map

The prairie landscape of Hand and Buffalo counties is defined by a grid of rural roads and the winding path of Crow Creek. This area of central South Dakota reflects a heritage of late 19th-century settlement where small country congregations and burial grounds served widely dispersed farming families. The map centers on Duncan Church, a local landmark that anchors this agricultural community. Further evidence of early township organization is found at the Saint Placidus Catholic Cemetery and the Mondamin Cemetery in the northwestern quadrant. These sites, preserved amid the township lines of t109n r69w and t108n r68w, offer vital touchstones for genealogists tracing the pioneer families who established these rural parishes and homesteads.