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 Averill (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 Averill. 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 doctors 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.
Averill is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).
Below are the counties that are near Averill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Averill:
- Clay County (The home county of Averill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- Glyndon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Felton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dilworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kragnes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Muskoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Oakport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Hawley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moorhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hitterdal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Sabin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Finkle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Becker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- Lake Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Audubon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cormorant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cormorant is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
- Callaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ogema
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ogema is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogema
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Norman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- Borup
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Borup is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Perley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Perley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Ada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrum is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Twin Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Valley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Halstad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Faith is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Gary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- Lawndale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Wolverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Cass County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- North River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North River is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Fargo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Reile's Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Briarwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Frontier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Prairie Rose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- West Fargo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Rice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Argusville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Argusville is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Horace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County (ND)
- Christine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Traill County (ND)
- Grandin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Averill, see our County-by-County Page for Averill.
Cemeteries Near Averill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Averill.
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 Averill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Averill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- Scandia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Glyndon.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 70 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83177 <3>
- Spring Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Felton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Felton Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Felton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82303 <3>
- Lysne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Keene Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Bluff Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Fargo (ND).
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moorhead Riverside Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #790540 <3>
- Hawley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Mound Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fridhem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (127 more) ...
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sabin Trinity Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Averill had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Averill, with the one closest to Averill listed first.
- Glyndon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Felton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dilworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kragnes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Muskoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Moorhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hawley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hitterdal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Finkle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Sabin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Fargo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Downer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Downer is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Winnipeg Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
- Ulen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Averill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Averill.
Newspapers Published in Averill ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Averill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Averill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Averill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Averill:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Becker County
- Norman County
- Wilkin County
- Cass County
- Richland County
- Traill County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Averill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Averill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |