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 Delorme (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 Delorme. 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 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.

Delorme is located in Red Lake 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 Red Lake County: Pennington & Polk.

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

• Red Lake County     (The home county of Delorme)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Delorme, with the one closest to Delorme listed first.
  • Red Lake Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Falls
    • Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake Falls <2>
  • Brooks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Dorothy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dorothy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
  • Plummer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Oklee
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oklee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklee
    • Oklee is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oklee <2>
• Mahnomen County
  • Bejou
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bejou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bejou
    • Bejou is located in Mahnomen County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bejou <2>
• Norman County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Delorme, with the one closest to Delorme listed first.
  • Rindal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rindal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
  • Flaming
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flaming. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
    • Flaming is located in Norman County
  • Gary
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in Norman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <2>
• Pennington County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Delorme, with the one closest to Delorme listed first.
  • Saint Hilaire
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Hilaire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Thief River Falls
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thief River Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thief River Falls
    • Thief River Falls is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thief River Falls <2>
• Polk County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Delorme, with the one closest to Delorme listed first.
  • Dugdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Dugdale is located in Polk County
  • Gentilly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
  • Mentor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
    • Mentor is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <2>
  • Melvin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Polk County
  • Erskine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
    • Erskine is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erskine <2>
  • Crookston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookston
    • Crookston is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crookston <2>
  • Fertile
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertile
    • Fertile is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fertile <2>
  • Shirley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
  • Beltrami
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beltrami have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
    • Beltrami is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • McIntosh
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • McIntosh is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
  • Euclid
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
  • Winger
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winger
    • Winger is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winger <2>
  • Fisher
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Fisher is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people

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

Cemeteries Near Delorme ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delorme.

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 Delorme covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Evergreen Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Hitterdal Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hitterdal Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hitterdal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Rosehill Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosehill Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Cyr Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cyr Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cyr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Oak Grove Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery
• St. Peters Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Maple Bay Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Bay Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Lakeside Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • 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.
• First English Lutheran Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First English Lutheran Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First English Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Lawrence Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Faith Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (135 more) ...
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hafslo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hafslo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hafslo 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.<4>

While we didn't find Delorme in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delorme.

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

• Dugdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
  • Dugdale is located in Polk County
• Benoit
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benoit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Benoit is located in Polk County
• Gentilly
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Gentilly is located in Polk County
• Mentor
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
  • Mentor is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <2>
• Maple Bay
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
  • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
• Melvin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
  • Melvin is located in Polk County
• Burwell
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Burwell is located in Polk County
• Erskine
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Erskine is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erskine <2>
• Crookston
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookston
  • Crookston is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crookston <2>
• Fertile
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertile
  • Fertile is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fertile <2>
• Shirley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
  • Shirley is located in Polk County
• Beltrami
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beltrami have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
  • Beltrami is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
• Continue List   (14 more) ...
  • Hixon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hixon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
    • Hixon is located in Polk County
  • Rindal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rindal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
  • McIntosh
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • McIntosh is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Delorme ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delorme.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Delorme:

• 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 Red Lake County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Mahnomen County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Norman County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Pennington County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Polk County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Red Lake 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 Delorme. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/