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 Central (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 Central. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Central is located in Koochiching County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Koochiching County: Beltrami, Itasca, Lake of the Woods & Saint Louis.

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

• Koochiching County     (The home county of Central)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Central, with the one closest to Central listed first.
  • Border
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
    • Border is located in Koochiching County
  • Birchdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchdale
    • Birchdale is located in Koochiching County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birchdale <2>
  • Loman
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loman
    • Loman is located in Koochiching County
• Lake of the Woods County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Central, with the one closest to Central listed first.
  • Clementson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementson
    • Clementson is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Baudette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baudette
    • Baudette is located in Lake of the Woods County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baudette <2>
  • Pitt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitt
    • Pitt is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Williams
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Williams is located in Lake of the Woods County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williams <2>

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

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 either 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 Central:

• Websites specific to Minnesota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Minnesota State Archives

• Pages specific to Koochiching County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Lake of the Woods County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Koochiching County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Koochiching County

Cemeteries Near Central ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Central.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Riverdale Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverdale Cemetery
• Clementson Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clementson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clementson Cemetery
• Blue Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Rainy River (ON).
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2614069 <4>
• Blue Public Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Public Cemetery
• Silver Creek Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Creek Cemetery
• Stratton Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stratton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2560362 <4>
• Forest Lawn Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406510 <4>
• Birchdale Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birchdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birchdale Cemetery
• Elm Park Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elm Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Park Cemetery
• Barwick Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barwick Cemetery
• Chapple Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapple Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2425156 <4>
• Bergland Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bergland Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bergland (ON)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bergland Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524316 <4>
• Continue List   (10 more) ...
  • Finland Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finland Cemetery
  • Hamilton Farm Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamilton Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Farm Cemetery
  • Indus Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indus Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Central. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Koochiching County: www.co.koochiching.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/