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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 Amboy (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 Amboy. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Amboy is located in Blue Earth County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blue Earth County: Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Waseca & Watonwan.

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

  • Blue Earth County     (The home county of Amboy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Vernon Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
    • Willow Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Good Thunder
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mapleton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Garden City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Beauford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rapidan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Crystal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Skyline
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Pemberton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Saint Clair
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Judson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Hanska
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Searles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Searles is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles
  • Faribault County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Winnebago
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Delavan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Delavan is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
    • Huntley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Easton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Easton is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
    • Minnesota Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Blue Earth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Dell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Frost
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Frost is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frost <1>
    • Wells
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Wells is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,157 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <1>
    • Elmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Elmore is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Bricelyn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
  • Freeborn County
  • Le Sueur County
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Truman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Truman is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
    • Granada
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Northrop
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Welcome
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ormsby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Ormsby is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Trimont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Nicollet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • North Mankato
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Nicollet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Courtland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Oshawa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Waseca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Waldorf
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Waldorf is located in Waseca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Alma City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Janesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Watonwan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Lewisville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Madelia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grogan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • La Salle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • La Salle is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Saint James
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Godahl
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
    • Odin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Winnebago County (IA)
    • Rake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rake is located in Winnebago County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people

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

Cemeteries Near Amboy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amboy.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Amboy had a population of 215 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Amboy had a population of 505 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Amboy ...

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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amboy.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Amboy. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Amboy and those printed in the larger area surrounding Amboy.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Amboy.

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 helpful 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 Amboy:

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 Amboy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Amboy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.