Welcome to Jelle ...

Jelle is located in Beltrami County<1>.

The location of Jelle has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jelle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Jelle is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Jelle lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Jelle: (218)

Communities near Jelle ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Jelle.

• Grygla
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grygla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grygla
  • Grygla is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grygla <4>
• Goodridge
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
  • Goodridge is located in Pennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
• Four Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Town
  • Four Town is located in Beltrami County
• Espelie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espelie
  • Espelie is located in Marshall County
• Erie
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Erie is located in Pennington County
• Gatzke
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gatzke have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatzke
  • Gatzke is located in Marshall County
• Ponemah
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponemah
  • Ponemah is located in Beltrami County
• Little Rock
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
• Red Lake
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
  • Red Lake is located in Beltrami County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jelle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jelle.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jelle. See our Newspapers Page for Jelle.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jelle ...

Looking for more information about Jelle? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Jelle, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jelle.

Adding Jelle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jelle in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jelle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Jelle post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jelle.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Beltrami County: www.co.beltrami.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/