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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 Euclid (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 Euclid. 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 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.

Euclid is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Euclid)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Euclid, with the one closest to Euclid listed first.
    • Shirley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
      • Shirley is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shirley
      • From Euclid to Shirley
    • Crookston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Fisher
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    • Mallory
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mallory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
      • Mallory is located in Polk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mallory
      • From Euclid to Mallory
    • Gentilly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Grand Forks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dugdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Climax
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Melvin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mentor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
    • Beltrami
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beltrami have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Euclid, with the one closest to Euclid listed first.
    • Warren
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Viking
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Alvarado
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvarado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
      • Alvarado is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Argyle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Oslo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oslo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
      • Oslo is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <2>
    • Holt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Newfolden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newfolden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfolden
      • Newfolden is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Euclid, with the one closest to Euclid listed first.
    • Saint Hilaire
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Hilaire have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thief River Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
  • Red Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Euclid, with the one closest to Euclid listed first.
    • Dorothy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
      • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dorothy
      • From Euclid to Dorothy
    • Red Lake Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
    • Plummer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
  • Grand Forks County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Euclid, with the one closest to Euclid listed first.
    • Grand Forks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Thompson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
      • Thompson is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,027 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson <2>
    • Manvel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manvel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <2>
    • Kelly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
      • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kelly
      • From Euclid to Kelly
    • Reynolds
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
      • Reynolds is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynolds <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Euclid ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Euclid.

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

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

  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Dorothy Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Dorothy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Dorothy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Melo Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melo Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Melo Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Black River Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nesbit Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nesbit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nesbit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huot Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huot Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • Fisher Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oakdale Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Euclid had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Shirley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Shirley
    • From Euclid to Shirley
  • Angus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Angus is located in Polk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angus <2>
  • Hixon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hixon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
    • Hixon is located in Polk County
  • Freeman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Polk County
  • Tabor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tabor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Tabor is located in Polk County
  • Crookston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mallory
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mallory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
    • Mallory is located in Polk County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mallory
    • From Euclid to Mallory
  • Fisher
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
  • Gentilly
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Burwell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
    • Burwell is located in Polk County
  • Warren
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • East Grand Forks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Grand Forks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Viking
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Benoit
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benoit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
      • Benoit is located in Polk County

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

Newspapers Published in Euclid ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Euclid.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Euclid, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Euclid.

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 Euclid:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Euclid. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.mn.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Euclid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Euclid) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Euclid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9730, Longitude: -96.6392    









 

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