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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 Carver Beach (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 Carver Beach. 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 Carver Beach ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Carver Beach: Carver Bch.

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 southwest 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 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.

Carver Beach is located in Carver 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 Carver County: Hennepin, McLeod, Scott, Sibley & Wright.

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

  • Carver County     (The home county of Carver Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Chanhassen
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hazeltine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Victoria
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chaska
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carver
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dahlgren
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dahlgren is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
    • Waconia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cologne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hydes Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
    • Gotha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gotha is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
    • Watertown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mayer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Young America
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Anoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Columbia Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hilltop
      (18 miles [29 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Lake Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coon Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
    • Anoka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Coon Rapids
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Blaine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ramsey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Circle Pines
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Andover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lino Lakes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Burnsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicols
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • Eagan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Eagan is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,975 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagan <1>
    • Mendota
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Apple Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lilydale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lilydale is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • Mendota Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Sunfish Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • West Saint Paul
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lakeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Inver Grove Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rosemount
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • South Saint Paul
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
    • Excelsior
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deephaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Shorewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tonka Bay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tonka Bay is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka Bay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Eden Prairie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Minnetonka Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Minnetonka Beach is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
    • Crystal Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Crystal Bay is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Bay
    • Woodland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Woodland is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
    • Minnetonka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Minnetonka Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
    • Orono
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Orono is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,348 people
    • Spring Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Le Sueur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Heidelberg
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Montgomery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • McLeod County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Lester Prairie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Plato
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Winsted
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Glencoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Lauderdale
      (18 miles [29 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
    • Falcon Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • New Brighton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Roseville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Paul
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Arden Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mounds View
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • Little Canada
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Shoreview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Highwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Highwood is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
    • Vadnais Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Oaks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Webster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lonsdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Trondjem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Trondjem is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
    • Wheatland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wheatland is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Shakopee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Marystown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Prior Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Savage
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jordan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Credit River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Credit River is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
    • Saint Patrick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
    • Cedar Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Belle Plaine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • New Prague
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • New Market
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elko New Market
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Elko
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Sibley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Green Isle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Henderson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Newport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Paul Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Landfall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Landfall is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Cottage Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Oakdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Oakdale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Pine Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Pine Springs is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Woodbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • 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
    • Willernie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carver Beach, with the one closest to Carver Beach listed first.
    • Delano
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanover
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Montrose
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Michael
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Waverly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Albertville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Otsego
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Howard Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rassat
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rassat is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rassat

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

Cemeteries Near Carver Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carver Beach.

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 Carver Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Hubert's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Aspden Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Eden Prairie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Margaret Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Shady Oak Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Victoria Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Moravian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (298 more) ...
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Marks Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

While we didn't find Carver Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carver Beach.

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

  • Chanhassen
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Excelsior
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazeltine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
  • Eden Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Minnetonka Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Minnetonka Beach is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
  • Rowland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rowland is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
  • Minnetonka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Woodland is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Victoria
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Chaska
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Minnetonka Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
  • Wayzata
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Spring Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Shakopee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Carver Beach ...

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 292 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carver Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carver Beach, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carver Beach.

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 Carver Beach:

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 Carver Beach, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carver Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.