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 East Cottage Grove (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 East Cottage Grove. 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.
Name Variations for East Cottage Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Cottage Grove: E. Cottage Grv.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
East Cottage Grove is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, Pierce (WI), Polk (WI) & Saint Croix (WI).
Below are the counties that are near East Cottage Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Cottage Grove:
- Washington County (The home county of East Cottage Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Afton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Marys Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Landfall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Lakeland Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Elmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Circle Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lino Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fridley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Coon Rapids
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Nininger
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Hastings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Saint Paul
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Inver Grove Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunfish Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Saint Paul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coates is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Rosemount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vermillion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mendota Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eagan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lilydale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lilydale is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Welch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cannon Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Red Wing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- White Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Dennison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wangs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Richfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Anthony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Minneapolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edina
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Golden Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Robbinsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hopkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Highwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Little Canada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Bear Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Falcon Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vadnais Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardigan Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Lauderdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Rice County
- Northfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Savage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Credit River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Prior Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elko New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elko New Market is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,733 people
- Elko
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shakopee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pierce County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Prescott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Trimbelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Beldenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Ellsworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Morton Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Moeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Martell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Martell is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Hager City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- El Paso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Bay City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Olivet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Saint Croix County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- North Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Burkhardt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Hammond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- New Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Erin Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Star Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Cottage Grove, see our County-by-County Page for East Cottage Grove.
Cemeteries Near East Cottage Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Cottage Grove.
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 East Cottage Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Cottage Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Cottage Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- United Church of Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Atkinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grey Cloud Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Veterans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Leavitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 East Cottage Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Cottage Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Cottage Grove, with the one closest to East Cottage Grove listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Langdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Saint Paul Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Point Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Point Douglas is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Douglas
- Afton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hastings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prescott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- South Saint Paul
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Highwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Lakeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rich Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Elmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Cottage Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Cottage Grove.
Newspapers Published in East Cottage Grove ...
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 369 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Cottage Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Cottage Grove, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Cottage Grove.
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 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 East Cottage Grove:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Scott County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix 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 East Cottage Grove, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Cottage Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |