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 Baden (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 Baden. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Baden is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice & Sibley.
Below are the counties that are near Baden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baden:
- Scott County (The home county of Baden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Marystown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shakopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prior Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Patrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Credit River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Belle Plaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Savage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Prague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Union Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Union Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Elko New Market
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Fridley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chaska
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dahlgren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Hazeltine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Gotha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gotha is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
- Chanhassen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cologne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Victoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Waconia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hydes Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
- Assumption
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Assumption is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Norwood Young America
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Norwood Young America is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Young America
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Burnsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lakeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Apple Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nicols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Eureka Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
- Eagan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mendota
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mendota Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Rosemount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lilydale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lilydale is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Eden Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
- Shorewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tonka Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tonka Bay is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Deephaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka Beach is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
- Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minnetrista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Bonifacius
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Le Sueur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Heidelberg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Saint Thomas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Le Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Le Sueur
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cordova
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cordova is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Kilkenny
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McLeod County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Plato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lester Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glencoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Winsted
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Falcon Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Brighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Webster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Lonsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trondjem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Millersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Dundas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sibley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Henderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Isle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- Saint Paul Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Delano
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baden, see our County-by-County Page for Baden.
Cemeteries Near Baden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baden.
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 Baden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Nickolas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spirit Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Swedish Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guardian Angel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Preiss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (286 more) ...
- Moravian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Baden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baden, with the one closest to Baden listed first.
- Merriam
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Merriam is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Marystown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Union is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Chaska
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lydia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Shakopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dahlgren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Augusta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Augusta is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Prior Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hazeltine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Patrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Gotha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gotha is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
- Credit River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baden.
Newspapers Published in Baden ...
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 343 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baden, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Baden:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Hennepin County
- Le Sueur County
- McLeod County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Sibley County
- Washington County
- Wright 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> | 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 Baden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Baden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |