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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 Falcon Heights (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 Falcon Heights. 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 Falcon Heights ...

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 Falcon Heights: Falcoln Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Falcon Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falcon Heights.

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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Falcon Heights is located in Ramsey 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 Ramsey County: Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin & Washington.

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

  • Ramsey County     (The home county of Falcon Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Lauderdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
    • Roseville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Paul
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Arden Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New Brighton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • Little Canada
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shoreview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Vadnais Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maplewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mounds View
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Gem Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
    • North Oaks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Anoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Columbia Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilltop is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
    • Fridley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Lake Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Circle Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lexington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Blaine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Coon Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
    • Lino Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Centerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Coon Rapids
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Anoka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ham Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Chanhassen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazeltine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Chaska
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Victoria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Carver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dahlgren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dahlgren is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
  • Chisago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Wyoming
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Stacy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Stacy is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
    • Chisago City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Lilydale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lilydale is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • West Saint Paul
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mendota Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mendota
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sunfish Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Eagan is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,975 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagan <1>
    • South Saint Paul
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicols
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • Inver Grove Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Apple Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Burnsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rosemount
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Coates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Coates is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Saint Anthony
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Minneapolis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Richfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Robbinsdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Brooklyn Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Edina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • New Hope
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Brooklyn Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Medicine Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Savage
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Shakopee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Prior Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Credit River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Credit River is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
    • Marystown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Elko New Market
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • New Market
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Sherburne County
    • Elk River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Landfall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Landfall is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Oakdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Oakdale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Birchwood Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
    • Pine Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Pine Springs is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Willernie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Newport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dellwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dellwood is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
    • Mahtomedi
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Paul Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Elmo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Duluth Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Duluth Junction is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
    • Grant
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Grant is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Hanover
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Otsego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Albertville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Michael
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Delano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pierce County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • Prescott
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (28 miles [45.1 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
  • Saint Croix County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Falcon Heights, with the one closest to Falcon Heights listed first.
    • North Hudson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Hudson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
    • Burkhardt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
    • Somerset
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Somerset is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
    • Roberts
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Roberts is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people

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

Cemeteries Near Falcon Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Falcon Heights.

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 Falcon Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmhurst Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst Cemetery
    • The Elmhurst Cemetery has also been known as:
    • German Lutheran Cemetery
    • Orchard Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82221 <2>
  • Temple of Aaron Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Minneapolis.
    • The Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunset Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83665 <2>
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Minneapolis.
    • The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Washburn - McReavy Hillside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82513 <2>
  • St. Mary's Orthodox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sons of Jacob Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...

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 Falcon Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Falcon Heights.

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

  • Minneapolis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Saint Paul
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Brighton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Little Canada
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cardigan Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
  • West Saint Paul
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gladstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gladstone is located in Ramsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Mendota
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fridley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mounds View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Richfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • North Saint Paul
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Robbinsdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Highwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Highwood is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood

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

Newspapers Published in Falcon Heights ...

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 466 newspapers that have been published in the area around Falcon Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Falcon Heights, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Falcon Heights.

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 websites either 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 Falcon Heights:

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 Falcon Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Falcon Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.