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 Cove (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 Cove. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Cove is located in Mille Lacs 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 Mille Lacs County: Aitkin, Benton, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Morrison & Sherburne.
Below are the counties that are near Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cove:
- Mille Lacs County (The home county of Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Onamia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onamia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onamia
- Onamia is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onamia <2>
- Wahkon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahkon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahkon
- Wahkon is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahkon <2>
- Isle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle
- Isle is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isle <2>
- Vineland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Bock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bock
- Bock is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bock <2>
- Milaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milaca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milaca
- Milaca is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milaca <2>
- Foreston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Pease
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aitkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Malmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Malmo is located in Aitkin County
- Wealthwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthwood
- Wealthwood is located in Aitkin County
- Nichols
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - McGrath
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGrath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrath
- McGrath is located in Aitkin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGrath <2>
- Aitkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aitkin
- Aitkin is located in Aitkin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aitkin <2>
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Oak Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Gilman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Gilman is located in Benton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilman <2>
- Crow Wing County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Garrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Garrison is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrison <2>
- Bay Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
- Bay Lake is located in Crow Wing County
- Deerwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Deerwood is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deerwood <2>
- Crosby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
- Crosby is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,315 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crosby <2>
- Ironton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Ironton is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 554 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironton <2>
- Kanabec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Ogilvie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogilvie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogilvie
- Ogilvie is located in Kanabec County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogilvie <2>
- Mora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
- Mora is located in Kanabec County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,583 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <2>
- Quamba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Coin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Morrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Hillman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Hillman is located in Morrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillman <2>
- Harding
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Harding is located in Morrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Lastrup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lastrup have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lastrup
- Lastrup is located in Morrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lastrup <2>
- Ramey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Ramey is located in Morrison County
- Pierz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierz
- Pierz is located in Morrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierz <2>
- Genola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Morrill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Buckman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Brook Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brook Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
- Brook Park is located in Pine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Henriette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cove, see our County-by-County Page for Cove.
Cemeteries Near Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cove.
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 Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Foster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Crosier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crosier Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crosier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Isle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isle Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sunset Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Redtop Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redtop Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redtop Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holden Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (82 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Rita Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Rita Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Rita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakeview 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cove, with the one closest to Cove listed first.
- Vineland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Opstead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Malmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Malmo is located in Aitkin County
- Garrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Garrison is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrison <2>
- Nichols
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Mora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
- Mora is located in Kanabec County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,583 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <2>
- Milaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milaca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milaca
- Milaca is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milaca <2>
- Morrill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Foreston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Buckman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Brunswick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Deerwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Deerwood is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deerwood <2>
- Oak Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Rossburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Aitkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aitkin
- Aitkin is located in Aitkin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aitkin <2>
- Buckman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cove.
Newspapers Published in Cove ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cove, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cove.
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 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 Cove:
- 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 Mille Lacs County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aitkin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Benton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crow Wing County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kanabec County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Morrison County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pine County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Aitkin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Minnesota
- Cemeteries of Mille Lacs County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Minnesota
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mille Lacs County: www.co.mille-lacs.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1086, Longitude: -93.6186 In this case, the coordinates for Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |