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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 Countryview Estates (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 Countryview Estates. 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 Countryview Estates ...

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 Countryview Estates: Countryview Ests.

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

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 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.

Countryview Estates is located in Renville 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 Renville County: Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley & Yellow Medicine.

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

  • Renville County     (The home county of Countryview Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Fairfax
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Franklin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Morton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hector
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bird Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Olivia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Danube
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Renville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Evan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Evan is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Essig
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sleepy Eye
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cobden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cobden is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Iberia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Iberia is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
    • New Ulm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Leavenworth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Leavenworth is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavenworth
    • Springfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Searles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Searles is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles
    • Hanska
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Comfrey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Kandiyohi County
    • Lake Lillian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • McLeod County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Fernando
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Fernando is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernando
    • Stewart
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Stewart is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
    • Brownton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sumter is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Biscay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Biscay is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Hutchinson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Meeker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Cosmos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Mills is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Nicollet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Lafayette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Courtland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Sweden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • New Sweden is located in Nicollet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
  • Redwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Morgan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan is located in Redwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • North Redwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • North Redwood is located in Redwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Redwood
    • Clements
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Clements is located in Redwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
    • Redwood Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Delhi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Delhi is located in Redwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Wabasso
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Wanda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanborn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Belview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Belview is located in Redwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Seaforth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sibley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Countryview Estates, with the one closest to Countryview Estates listed first.
    • Gibbon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Winthrop
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Gaylord
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • New Auburn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Watonwan County
    • Godahl
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl

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

Cemeteries Near Countryview Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Countryview Estates.

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 Countryview Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cairo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Gilbert Borth Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Camp Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Boyum Farm Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ft. Ridgely State Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bethel Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hauges Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ft. Ridgely & Dale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (202 more) ...
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Franklin.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82348 <2>

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

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

  • Fairfax
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gibbon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Morgan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Morgan is located in Redwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
  • Evan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Evan is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Morton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Gilfillan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
  • Essig
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sleepy Eye
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hector
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Beaver Falls is located in Renville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Falls
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cobden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cobden is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Winthrop
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Stewart
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Stewart is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people

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

Newspapers Published in Countryview Estates ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Countryview Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Countryview Estates, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Countryview Estates.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Countryview Estates:

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 Countryview Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Countryview Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.