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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 Foxhome (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 Foxhome. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Foxhome is located in Wilkin 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 Wilkin County: Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).

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

  • Wilkin County     (The home county of Foxhome)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxhome, with the one closest to Foxhome listed first.
    • Doran
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Doran is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Campbell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Campbell is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Breckenridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Nashua
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Nashua is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Tenney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Tenney is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
      • Estimated population in 2011: 5 people
    • Childs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Childs is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
    • Lawndale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
    • Kent
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kent is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Wolverton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wolverton is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Clay County
    • Barnesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxhome, with the one closest to Foxhome listed first.
    • Wendell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Elbow Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Norcross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Norcross is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Thorsborg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Thorsborg is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsborg
    • Erdahl
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Erdahl is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdahl
  • Otter Tail County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxhome, with the one closest to Foxhome listed first.
    • Western
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Western is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
    • Fergus Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rothsay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Erhard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edwards
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
    • Dalton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Underwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Pelican Rapids
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Maine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Maine is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
    • Amor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Amor is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amor
    • Battle Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Traverse County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxhome, with the one closest to Foxhome listed first.
    • Tintah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Tintah is located in Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Charlesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Charlesville is located in Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
  • Richland County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxhome, with the one closest to Foxhome listed first.
    • Wahpeton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Wahpeton is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <1>
    • Fairmount
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwight
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Dwight is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Abercrombie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Oswald
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Oswald is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswald
    • Fairview Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Fairview Junction is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
    • Galchutt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Galchutt is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
    • Great Bend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mooreton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Colfax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Colfax is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <1>
  • Roberts County (SD)
    • White Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • White Rock is located in Roberts County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people

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

Cemeteries Near Foxhome ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foxhome.

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 Foxhome - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Everdell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Everdell is located in Wilkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everdell
  • French
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • French is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
  • Carlisle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Carlisle is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Doran
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Doran is located in Wilkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doran
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
  • Western
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Western is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
  • Fergus Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Elizabeth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Campbell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Campbell is located in Wilkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
  • Rothsay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Breckenridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Parkdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Parkdale is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
  • Wahpeton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Wahpeton is located in Richland County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <1>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Tyler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyler is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Wall Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Wall Lake is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
    • Tenney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Tenney is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney
      • Estimated population in 2011: 5 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Foxhome ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foxhome.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Foxhome. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Foxhome and those printed in the larger area surrounding Foxhome.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Foxhome.

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 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 Foxhome:

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 Foxhome, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foxhome) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.