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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 Englevale (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 Englevale. 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.

Englevale is located in Ransom County.

To see how the shape of North 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 Ransom County: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Richland & Sargent.

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

  • Ransom County     (The home county of Englevale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Englevale, with the one closest to Englevale listed first.
    • Elliott
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Fort Ransom
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Enderlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Anselm
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Sheldon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • McLeod
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Englevale, with the one closest to Englevale listed first.
    • Kathryn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Nome
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Litchville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fingal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Cass County
    • Alice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Alice is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Dickey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Englevale, with the one closest to Englevale listed first.
    • Glover
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Oakes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Norway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Ludden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ludden is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Fullerton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Guelph
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Guelph is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
  • LaMoure County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Englevale, with the one closest to Englevale listed first.
    • Verona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • LaMoure
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Grand Rapids
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • Marion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Berlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Dickey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
  • Sargent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Englevale, with the one closest to Englevale listed first.
    • Stirum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Gwinner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Cogswell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Milnor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Forman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Straubville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Straubville is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
    • Brampton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Rutland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Englevale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Englevale.

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

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

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

  • Dick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • West Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stiklestad Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Raphael Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Standing Rock Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Sjulli Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Northland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Whitestone Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • Fillmore Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Nordheim Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Harlem Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Englevale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Englevale.

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

  • Verona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fort Ransom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lisbon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Glover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Glover is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • Buttzville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
  • Harlem ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Harlem is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • LaMoure
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Oakes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Nicholson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Nicholson is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
  • Cogswell
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Hastings
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hastings is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
  • Clement
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clement is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Anselm
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Daily
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Daily is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
    • Grand Rapids
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Englevale ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Englevale.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Englevale. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Englevale and those printed in the larger area surrounding Englevale.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Englevale.

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 either 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 Englevale:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Englevale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Englevale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.