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 Delavan (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 Delavan. 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.
Delavan is located in Faribault 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 Faribault County: Kossuth (IA), Winnebago (IA), Blue Earth, Freeborn, Martin & Waseca.
Below are the counties that are near Delavan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delavan:
- Faribault County (The home county of Delavan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Winnebago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <1>
- Minnesota Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Huntley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Huntley is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Frost
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bricelyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Elmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Walters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walters is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Kiester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Earth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Amboy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Willow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Beauford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Good Thunder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Pemberton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Rapidan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rapidan is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapidan
- Saint Clair
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Skyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Lake Crystal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freeborn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Freeborn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hartland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Conger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conger is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Granada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Northrop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Truman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Truman is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Fairmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Welcome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nicollet County
- North Mankato
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waseca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Waldorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Alma City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alma City is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
- New Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Janesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vista is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Watonwan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Lewisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Madelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grogan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grogan is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grogan
- Kossuth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Ledyard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gerled
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gerled is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerled
- Lakota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Swea City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winnebago County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Rake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Buffalo Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vinje
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vinje is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinje
- Scarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delavan, see our County-by-County Page for Delavan.
Cemeteries Near Delavan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delavan.
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 Delavan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delavan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lura Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bass Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- King Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Schermerhorn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Immanuel United Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ellingson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Delavan had a population of 252 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Delavan had a population of 166 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delavan, with the one closest to Delavan listed first.
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Winnebago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <1>
- Sterling Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sterling Center is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Center
- Minnesota Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amboy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Huntley is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Dell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Willow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Nashville Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nashville Center is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Center
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Beauford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Good Thunder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delavan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delavan.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Delavan ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delavan.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Delavan. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Delavan and those printed in the larger area surrounding Delavan.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Delavan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Delavan:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Faribault County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blue Earth County
- Freeborn County
- Martin County
- Nicollet County
- Waseca County
- Watonwan County
- Kossuth County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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> | 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 Delavan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Delavan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |