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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 Antlers Park (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 Antlers Park. 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.
Name Variations for Antlers Park ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Antlers Park, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Antlers Park may originally have been Antler's Park.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Antlers Park might be written as Antler Park.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Antlers Park is located in Dakota 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 Dakota County: Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington & Pierce (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Antlers Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antlers Park:
- Dakota County (The home county of Antlers Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eureka Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Apple Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Castle Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Nicols
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Rosemount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coates is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Eagan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Waterford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterford is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Fridley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Chanhassen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chaska
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carver
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hazeltine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Dahlgren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Victoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gotha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gotha is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
- Cologne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Assumption is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Hydes Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Stanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Cannon Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dennison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wangs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Welch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belle Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- White Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Hader
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Kenyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Bloomington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Edina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eden Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minneapolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
- Deephaven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Excelsior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
- Le Sueur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Heidelberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Saint Thomas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Kilkenny
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Le Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cordova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cordova is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Saint Paul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Highwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Falcon Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Little Canada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cardigan Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- New Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Saint Paul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arden Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vadnais Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lonsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trondjem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Northfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dundas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Millersburg is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Wheatland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Cannon City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cannon City is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon City
- Nerstrand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Faribault
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Walcott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walcott is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warsaw is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Credit River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Savage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elko New Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elko New Market is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,733 people
- Elko
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prior Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Shakopee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Patrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Marystown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- New Prague
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Saint Paul Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Afton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Elmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Saint Marys Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Birchwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Pierce County (WI)
- Prescott
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antlers Park, see our County-by-County Page for Antlers Park.
Cemeteries Near Antlers Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antlers Park.
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 Antlers Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antlers Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- All Saints Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lakeville Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery
- Evergreen Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Christiania Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farmington Luteran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Luteran Cemetery
- The Farmington Luteran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Danish Luthern Cemetery
- Corinthian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Farmington.
- The St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83459 <3>
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Christiania Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Highview Christiana Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Antlers Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Antlers Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Antlers Park, with the one closest to Antlers Park listed first.
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Credit River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prior Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelwood is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Castle Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Cedar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington Ferry is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Ferry
- Nicols
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Barden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barden is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barden
- Lydia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Saint Patrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antlers Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antlers Park.
Newspapers Published in Antlers Park ...
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 349 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antlers Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Antlers Park, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Antlers Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Antlers Park:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Dakota County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Le Sueur County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Pierce County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Antlers Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Antlers Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |