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 Frost (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 Frost. 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 southwest 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 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.
Frost is located in Faribault 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 Faribault County: Kossuth (IA), Winnebago (IA), Blue Earth, Freeborn, Martin & Waseca.
Below are the counties that are near Frost. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frost:
- Faribault County (The home county of Frost)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Dell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Bricelyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Elmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Blue Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <1>
- Kiester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Walters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walters is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Delavan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winnebago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minnesota Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Huntley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Huntley is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Blue Earth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Mapleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Amboy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Vernon Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Beauford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Good Thunder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pemberton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Freeborn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Alden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Conger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Conger is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Freeborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Emmons is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Twin Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Hartland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Albert Lea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Granada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Northrop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Truman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Truman is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Waseca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Waldorf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- New Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emmet County (IA)
- Armstrong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Hancock County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Woden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake is located in Hancock County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Kossuth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Lakota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Ledyard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gerled
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gerled is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerled
- German Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- German Valley is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Valley
- Swea City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Titonka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Titonka is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Bancroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Burt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burt is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Seneca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca is located in Kossuth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Winnebago County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Rake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Buffalo Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vinje
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vinje is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinje
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leland is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Worth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Joice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Joice is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Silver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frost, see our County-by-County Page for Frost.
Cemeteries Near Frost ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frost.
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 Frost - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frost covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Emerald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dell Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hesse Burying Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellingson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- West Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Frost in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frost.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frost, with the one closest to Frost listed first.
- Dell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Rake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Elmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Blue Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <1>
- Amund
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amund is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amund
- Kiester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Buffalo Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Delavan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Pilot Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Mansfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mansfield is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Ledyard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winnebago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alden
(18 miles [29 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 Frost. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frost.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Frost ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frost.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Frost. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Frost and those printed in the larger area surrounding Frost.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Frost.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Frost:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Faribault County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blue Earth County
- Freeborn County
- Martin County
- Waseca County
- Emmet County
- Hancock County
- Kossuth County
- Winnebago County
- Worth 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 Frost, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frost) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |