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 Freiheit Spring (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 Freiheit Spring. 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 Freiheit Spring ...
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 Freiheit Spring: Freiheit Spg. (or less commonly used: Freiheit Spng. or Freiheit Sprng.)
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 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.
Freiheit Spring is located in Fillmore 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 Fillmore County: Howard (IA), Winneshiek (IA), Houston, Mower, Olmsted & Winona.
Below are the counties that are near Freiheit Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freiheit Spring:
- Fillmore County (The home county of Freiheit Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Wykoff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fillmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Carimona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carimona is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carimona
- Ostrander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- York is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Granger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granger is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Lanesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dodge County
- Hayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houston County
- Riceford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Riceford is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Mower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Racine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Le Roy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taopi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Taopi is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taopi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Dexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Renova ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Sargeant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sargeant is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargeant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Johnsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Rose Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brownsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waltham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Olmsted County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Stewartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- High Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- High Forest is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Predmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Predmore is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Predmore
- Eyota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Dell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Viola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Shanty Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Byron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wabasha County
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Saratoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Clyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Saint Charles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altura
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Wyattville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyattville is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Howard County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Florenceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florenceville is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenceville
- Lime Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Davis Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Davis Corners is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corners
- Cresco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vernon Springs is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Springs
- Riceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- McIntire
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McIntire is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Meyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meyer is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- Stacyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stacyville is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Little Cedar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Cedar is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cedar
- Winneshiek County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Kendallville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kendallville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendallville
- Burr Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freiheit Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Freiheit Spring.
Cemeteries Near Freiheit Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freiheit Spring.
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 Freiheit Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freiheit Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Midway Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bateman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fillmore Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Kilians Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forestville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- O'Dell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Freiheit Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Freiheit Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freiheit Spring, with the one closest to Freiheit Spring listed first.
- Wykoff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fillmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Forestville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Ostrander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Carimona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carimona is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carimona
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Racine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Greenleafton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleafton is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleafton
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freiheit Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freiheit Spring.
Newspapers Published in Freiheit Spring ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freiheit Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freiheit Spring, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freiheit Spring.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Freiheit Spring:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Fillmore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dodge County
- Houston County
- Mower County
- Olmsted County
- Wabasha County
- Winona County
- Howard County
- Mitchell County
- Winneshiek 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 Freiheit Spring, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Freiheit Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |