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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 Elko New Market (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 Elko New Market. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Elko New Market 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 Elko New Market. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elko New Market:

  • Scott County     (The home county of Elko New Market)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Elko
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • New Market
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cedar Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Credit River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Credit River is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
    • Saint Patrick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
    • Prior Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Prague
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Savage
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Marystown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Shakopee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jordan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Union Hill is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Carver
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Chaska
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Chanhassen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dahlgren
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dahlgren is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
    • Hazeltine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Gotha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gotha is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
    • Victoria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cologne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Assumption
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Assumption is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
    • Waconia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hydes Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
  • Dakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Eureka Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
    • Lakeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Castle Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
    • Farmington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waterford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterford is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
    • Burnsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Apple Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Randolph
      (15 miles [24.1 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Nicols
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • Coates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Coates is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
    • Rosemount
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodhue County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Stanton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Stanton is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
    • Dennison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wangs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wangs is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
    • Cannon Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Kenyon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
    • Welch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • White Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • White Rock is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Hader
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hader is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Bloomington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Eden Prairie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Edina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Edina is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,477 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edina <1>
    • Richfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Hopkins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Minnetonka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Excelsior
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
    • Deephaven
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Minnetonka Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
    • Shorewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Louis Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Le Sueur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Montgomery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Heidelberg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Lexington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
    • Kilkenny
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Thomas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Cordova
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cordova is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
    • Le Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Waterville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cleveland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Le Sueur
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Highwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Highwood is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
    • Saint Paul
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Falcon Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Lauderdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Webster
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Trondjem
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Trondjem is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
    • Lonsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Millersburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Millersburg is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
    • Wheatland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheatland is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
    • Dundas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Northfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cannon City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cannon City is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon City
    • Faribault
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Nerstrand
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Warsaw
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Warsaw is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
    • Morristown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Sibley County
    • Henderson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Steele County
    • Medford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • 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 Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Palmer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Palmer is located in Waseca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Elysian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elko New Market, with the one closest to Elko New Market listed first.
    • Saint Paul Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottage Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Newport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pierce County (WI)
    • Prescott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people

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

Cemeteries Near Elko New Market ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elko New Market.

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 Elko New Market - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elko New Market covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • West Christiania Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • East Christiania Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Highview Christiana Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Solar Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
    • The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Catherine Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmington Luteran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Luteran Cemetery
    • The Farmington Luteran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Johns Danish Luthern Cemetery
  • Lakeville Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (271 more) ...
    • Calvary Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rolling Green Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<2>

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

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

  • New Market
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Webster
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hazelwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazelwood is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
  • Cedar Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Trondjem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trondjem is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
  • Credit River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Credit River is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
  • Lakeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Patrick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
  • Millersburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Millersburg is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
  • Castle Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Castle Rock is located in Dakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
  • Lydia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lydia is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
  • Wheatland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheatland is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Prior Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dundas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Northfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Elko New Market ...

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 336 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elko New Market.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elko New Market, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elko New Market.

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 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 Elko New Market:

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>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 Elko New Market, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Elko New Market) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.