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 Delhi (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 Delhi. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Delhi is located in Redwood 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 Redwood County: Brown, Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray, Renville & Yellow Medicine.
Below are the counties that are near Delhi. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delhi:
- Redwood County (The home county of Delhi)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Belview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
- Belview is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- North Redwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redwood Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redwood Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Falls
- Redwood Falls is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,946 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redwood Falls <3>
- Seaforth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaforth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
- Seaforth is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaforth <3>
- Vesta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vesta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Vesta is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Wabasso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabasso have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabasso
- Wabasso is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wabasso <3>
- Clements
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clements have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Clements is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Lucan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucan
- Lucan is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucan <3>
- Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Morgan is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Wanda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Wanda is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wanda <3>
- Milroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lamberton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamberton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamberton
- Lamberton is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamberton <3>
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Evan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,990 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <3>
- Cobden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
- Cobden is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Maynard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maynard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Maynard is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maynard <3>
- Clara City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clara City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara City
- Clara City is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clara City <3>
- Kandiyohi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Prinsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roseland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blomkest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blomkest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
- Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Raymond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Raymond is located in Kandiyohi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <3>
- Lake Lillian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Lillian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lillian
- Lake Lillian is located in Kandiyohi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Lillian <3>
- Svea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Cottonwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Lyon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,223 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood <3>
- Amiret
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Renville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Morton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Morton is located in Renville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 369 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <3>
- Renville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Danube
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danube have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danube
- Danube is located in Renville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danube <3>
- Sacred Heart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Olivia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bird Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Fairfax is located in Renville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <3>
- Hector
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hector have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Hector is located in Renville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hector <3>
- Buffalo Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Lake
- Buffalo Lake is located in Renville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Lake <3>
- Yellow Medicine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Echo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
- Wood Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
- Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Hanley Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Granite Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Hazel Run is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delhi, see our County-by-County Page for Delhi.
Cemeteries Near Delhi ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delhi.
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 Delhi covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Schwandt Family Memorial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anson C. Fisk Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anson C. Fisk Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anson C. Fisk Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Adsit Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adsit Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adsit Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- First Flora Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Flora Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First Flora Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Flora Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flora Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flora Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Vicksburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vicksburg Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vicksburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Orange C Martin Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orange C Martin Grave
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orange C Martin Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Camp Pope Burial Plot
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Pope Burial Plot
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Pope Burial Plot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Schmitt Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schmitt Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schmitt Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rock Dell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Dell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Dell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Sandager Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandager Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandager Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Belview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Redwood Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redwood Falls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redwood Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Delhi had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Delhi had a population of 63 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Belview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belview
- Belview is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- North Redwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bechyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bechyn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bechyn
- Bechyn is located in Renville County
- Beaver Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Falls
- Beaver Falls is located in Renville County
- Echo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Echo is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
- Vesta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vesta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Vesta is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Morton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Morton is located in Renville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 369 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <3>
- Renville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gilfillan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilfillan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfillan
- Gilfillan is located in Redwood County
- Sacred Heart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Olivia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wood Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
- Wood Lake is located in Yellow Medicine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Morgan is located in Redwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Bird Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delhi. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delhi.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Delhi ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delhi.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Delhi. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Delhi and those printed in the larger area surrounding Delhi.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Delhi.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Delhi:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Redwood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Chippewa County
- Kandiyohi County
- Lyon County
- Renville County
- Yellow Medicine County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Delhi. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Redwood County: www.co.redwood.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> | 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. |
<3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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 Delhi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Delhi) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Delhi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5988, Longitude: -95.2126 |