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 Brunswick (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 Brunswick. 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 Brunswick ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Brunswick was referred to as Brunswick Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brunswick. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brunswick.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 doctors and 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.
Brunswick is located in Kanabec 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 Kanabec County: Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs & Pine.
Below are the counties that are near Brunswick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brunswick:
- Kanabec County (The home county of Brunswick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Coin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Grasston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ogilvie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Quamba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quamba is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coopers Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coopers Corner is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Corner
- Saint Francis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Linwood is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Oak Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Ronneby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ronneby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronneby
- Chisago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Rush City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branch is located in Chisago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Stacy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Isanti County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Braham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elm Park is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
- Stanchfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dalbo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Minnesota Boys Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Minnesota Boys Town is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Boys Town
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Isanti
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weber is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Crown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Mille Lacs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Bock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pease
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foreston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Estes Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Isle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wahkon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Onamia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Henriette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henriette is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brook Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Rock Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beroun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beroun is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
- Hinckley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Sandstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherburne County
- Zimmerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,135 people
- Zimmerman has also been known as:
- Lake Fremont
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zimmerman <1>
- Burnett County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Randall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Grantsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brunswick, see our County-by-County Page for Brunswick.
Cemeteries Near Brunswick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brunswick.
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 Brunswick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brunswick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Maple Ridge Covenant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grasston Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Siloa Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Ridge Free Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Graceland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knife Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Maple Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Danewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Royalton Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Kathryn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brunswick had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brunswick, with the one closest to Brunswick listed first.
- Grass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Braham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stanchfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dalbo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Springvale is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Rush Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Point is located in Chisago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rush City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stark is located in Chisago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Rock Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Milaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brunswick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brunswick.
Newspapers Published in Brunswick ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brunswick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brunswick, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brunswick.
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 Brunswick:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Kanabec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Benton County
- Chisago County
- Isanti County
- Mille Lacs County
- Pine County
- Sherburne County
- Burnett 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> | 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 Brunswick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brunswick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |