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 Duquette (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 Duquette. 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 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.
Duquette is located in Pine 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 Pine County: Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Burnett (WI), Douglas (WI) & Polk (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Duquette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Duquette:
- Pine County (The home county of Duquette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Duquette, with the one closest to Duquette listed first.
- Kerrick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bruno is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Sturgeon Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Willow River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kingsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Duxbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Askov
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rutledge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rutledge is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Cloverton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Denham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Denham is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Finlayson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Carlton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duquette, with the one closest to Duquette listed first.
- Holyoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Barnum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moose Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mahtowa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Otter Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Kettle River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wrenshall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carlton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sawyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Thomson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Cloquet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Esko
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Automba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Automba is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Duquette, with the one closest to Duquette listed first.
- Gary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gary is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- New Duluth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Proctor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Duquette, with the one closest to Duquette listed first.
- Moose Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Dedham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Oliver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Saunders
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Superior Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Duquette, see our County-by-County Page for Duquette.
Cemeteries Near Duquette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Duquette.
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 Duquette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Duquette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Duquette, with the one closest to Duquette listed first.
- Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lake Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nickerson Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruno Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elim Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Barnum.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 66 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165394 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Moose Lake.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 71 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960065 <2>
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Blomskog Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vilstad Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Sturgeon Lake.
- The St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Isadors Cemetery
- St. Isidore's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960067 <2>
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 Duquette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Duquette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Duquette, with the one closest to Duquette listed first.
- Kerrick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holyoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Barnum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moose Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sturgeon Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Willow River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mahtowa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Otter Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Finlayson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dedham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Sawyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Thomson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Carlton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sandstone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Duquette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Duquette.
Newspapers Published in Duquette ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Duquette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Duquette, 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 Duquette.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Duquette:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Pine County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carlton County
- Saint Louis County
- Douglas 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> | 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 Duquette, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Duquette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |