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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 Deerwood (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 Deerwood. 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 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.

Deerwood is located in Kittson 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 Kittson County: Marshall, Roseau, Pembina (ND) & Walsh (ND).

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

  • Kittson County     (The home county of Deerwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
    • Karlstad
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Halma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lake Bronson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Donaldson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Donaldson is located in Kittson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Kennedy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hallock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lancaster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mattson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Mattson is located in Kittson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
    • Englund
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Englund is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englund
    • Strandquist
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stephen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Newfolden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Newfolden is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfolden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • Argyle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Middle River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Viking
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Viking is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Holt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Holt is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Warren
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Big Woods
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Woods is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
  • Roseau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
    • Strathcona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Strathcona is located in Roseau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathcona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Greenbush
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Badger
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pembina County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
    • Drayton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Drayton is located in Pembina County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drayton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 728 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drayton <1>
    • Pittsburgh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
    • Bowesmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bowesmont is located in Pembina County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowesmont
  • Walsh County (ND)

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

Cemeteries Near Deerwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deerwood.

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 Deerwood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Deerwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lundeby Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pearson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Karlstad Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pederson Burials
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eidsvold Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Salem Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mamrelund Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Oslo Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Edward Johnson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Florian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...

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

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

  • Englund
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Englund is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englund
  • Pelan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pelan is located in Kittson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelan
  • Stephen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Donaldson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Donaldson is located in Kittson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
  • Foldahl
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Foldahl is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foldahl
  • Kennedy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Argyle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hallock
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mattson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mattson is located in Kittson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
  • Viking
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Holt
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holt is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Warren
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Drayton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Drayton is located in Pembina County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drayton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 728 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drayton <1>
    • Northcote
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Northcote is located in Kittson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcote
    • Pittsburgh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh

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

Newspapers Published in Deerwood ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deerwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deerwood, 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 Deerwood.

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 Deerwood:

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