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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 Cedar Grove (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 Cedar Grove. 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 Cedar Grove ...

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.

Another variation: Cedargrove.

  • A typical abbreviation for Cedar Grove: Cedar Grv.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Grove.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Cedar Grove 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 Cedar Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Grove:

  • Dakota County     (The home county of Cedar Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Nicols
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • Eagan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Apple Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Burnsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mendota
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mendota Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Inver Grove Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sunfish Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lilydale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lilydale is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • Rosemount
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • West Saint Paul
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Coates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Coates is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Anoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Columbia Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hilltop
      (17 miles [27.4 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Spring Lake Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Circle Pines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lexington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Coon Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
    • Blaine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Centerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Coon Rapids
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lino Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Anoka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Chanhassen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Chaska
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hazeltine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Carver
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Victoria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Dahlgren
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Dahlgren is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
    • Cologne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Gotha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Gotha is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
    • Waconia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Goodhue County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Stanton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Stanton is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
    • Cannon Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dennison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Welch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wangs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wangs is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Bloomington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Richfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Edina
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Edina is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,477 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edina <1>
    • Minneapolis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hopkins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden Prairie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Minnetonka Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
    • Saint Anthony
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Minnetonka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Robbinsdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Medicine Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Le Sueur County
    • Heidelberg
      (29 miles [46.7 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
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Falcon Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Highwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Highwood is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
    • Lauderdale
      (13 miles [20.9 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Little Canada
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • North Saint Paul
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arden Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • New Brighton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Vadnais Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gem Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Webster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Northfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Trondjem
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Trondjem is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
    • Lonsdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Millersburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Millersburg is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
    • Wheatland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheatland is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Savage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Credit River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Credit River is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
    • Prior Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shakopee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Elko New Market
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • New Market
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marystown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Cedar Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Saint Patrick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
    • Jordan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Prague
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Hill is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Saint Paul Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Newport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottage Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Landfall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Landfall is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Woodbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Birchwood Village
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Elmo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Afton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Afton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,036 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
    • Mahtomedi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Willernie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Marys Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Pierce County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Prescott
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • River Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
  • Saint Croix County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Grove, with the one closest to Cedar Grove listed first.
    • Hudson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
    • North Hudson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
    • Burkhardt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Grove.

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 Cedar Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Christ Luthern Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pleasant View Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
    • The Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Acacia Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Acacia Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mendota.
    • The Acacia Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Acacia Cemetery
    • Acacia Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81832 <2>
  • Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mendota.
    • The Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Peter Catholic Church Cemetery
    • St. Peter Historic Cemetery
    • St. Peters Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1769302 <2>
  • Continue List   (277 more) ...
    • Assumption Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
      • The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Highland Cemetery

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 Cedar Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Grove.

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

  • Nicols
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Nicols is located in Dakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
  • Bloomington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Richfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mendota
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rosemount
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
  • Bloomington Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bloomington Ferry is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Ferry
  • Rich Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
  • West Saint Paul
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Barden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Barden is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barden
  • Lakeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Saint Paul Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • South Saint Paul
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Newport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Paul
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Cedar Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Grove.

Newspapers Published in Cedar Grove ...

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 464 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Grove, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Grove.

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 Cedar Grove:

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 Cedar Grove, 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' (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- Cedar Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.