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 Gate Estates (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 Gate Estates. 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 Gate Estates ...
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 Gate Estates: E. Gate Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Gate Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Gate Estates.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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 Gate Estates is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice & Sibley.
Below are the counties that are near East Gate Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Gate Estates:
- Scott County (The home county of East Gate Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- New Prague
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Saint Patrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Cedar Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elko New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marystown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Belle Plaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Credit River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Prior Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Earth County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Madison Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Smiths Mill is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
- Carver County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Carver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chaska
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dahlgren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Gotha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gotha is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
- Hazeltine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Assumption
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Cologne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chanhassen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Victoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Hydes Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
- Norwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Eureka Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
- Lakeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Waterford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Waterford is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Burnsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Apple Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nicols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Stanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Dennison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wangs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Eden Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
- Edina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shorewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tonka Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tonka Bay is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Deephaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Bonifacius
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Le Sueur County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Heidelberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Saint Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Le Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cordova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cordova is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Kilkenny
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Le Sueur
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Marysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marysburg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg
- McLeod County
- Plato
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nicollet County
- Saint Peter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Lonsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trondjem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Dundas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morristown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Warsaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Warsaw is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Cannon City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannon City is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon City
- Faribault
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nerstrand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sibley County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Henderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Green Isle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Steele County
- Medford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medford is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Waseca County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Elysian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Palmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmer is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Janesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Gate Estates, see our County-by-County Page for East Gate Estates.
Cemeteries Near East Gate Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Gate Estates.
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 Gate Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Gate Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- Sancti Wenceslai Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pomeranian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Scholastica Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Calvary Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spirit Hill 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.<3>
While we didn't find East Gate Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Gate Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Gate Estates, with the one closest to East Gate Estates listed first.
- New Prague
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Saint Patrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Heidelberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Cedar Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lydia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Trondjem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marystown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Gate Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Gate Estates.
Newspapers Published in East Gate Estates ...
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 207 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Gate Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Gate Estates, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Gate Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 East Gate Estates:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blue Earth County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Le Sueur County
- McLeod County
- Nicollet County
- Rice County
- Sibley County
- Steele County
- Waseca 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 Gate Estates, 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 from Point A (ie- East Gate Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |