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 Georgetown (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 Georgetown. 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 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.
Georgetown is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).
Below are the counties that are near Georgetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Georgetown:
- Clay County (The home county of Georgetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Kragnes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Oakport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Felton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dilworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
- Dilworth is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilworth <2>
- Moorhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <2>
- Glyndon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Finkle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Sabin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Muskoda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Muskoda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Ulen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ulen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Ulen is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ulen <2>
- Hitterdal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitterdal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Hawley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Hawley is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,210 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <2>
- Baker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Norman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Perley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Perley is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hendrum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
- Hendrum is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Borup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borup have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
- Borup is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Halstad
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halstad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstad
- Halstad is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halstad <2>
- Ada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ada have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Ada is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <2>
- Shelly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
- Shelly is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Twin Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Twin Valley is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Cass County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Argusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Argusville is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Harwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- North River is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Gardner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Gardner is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardner <2>
- Reile's Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reile's Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fargo
- West Fargo is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,194 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Fargo <2>
- Mapleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Frontier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Arthur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Briarwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briarwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Amenia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Traill County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Grandin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
- Grandin is located in Traill County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandin <2>
- Kelso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
- Kelso is located in Traill County (ND)
- Alton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Alton is located in Traill County (ND)
- Greenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greenfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Traill County (ND)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Traill County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsboro <2>
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blanchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Georgetown, see our County-by-County Page for Georgetown.
Cemeteries Near Georgetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Georgetown.
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 Georgetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- North Bluff Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Bluff Memorial Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Bluff Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kirkebo Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkebo Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkebo Lutheran Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kirkebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Mound Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Wood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Wood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Wood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fridhem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fridhem Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fridhem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethania Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Landstad Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Landstad Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Landstad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Argusville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Argusville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Argusville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lower Maple River Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Maple River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Maple River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Fargo (ND).
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moorhead Riverside Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #790540 <4>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scandia Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 in 1895, Georgetown had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Georgetown had a population of 126 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Argusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Argusville is located in Cass County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Kragnes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Perley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Perley is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Harwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hendrum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
- Hendrum is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Averill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Averill is located in Clay County
- Felton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dilworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
- Dilworth is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilworth <2>
- Grandin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
- Grandin is located in Traill County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandin <2>
- Moorhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <2>
- Mapleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Glyndon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Finkle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Halstad
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halstad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstad
- Halstad is located in Norman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halstad <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Georgetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Georgetown.
Newspapers Published in Georgetown ...
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 Georgetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Georgetown, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Georgetown.
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 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 Georgetown:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Norman County
- Cass County
- Traill County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Georgetown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clay County: www.co.clay.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<3> | 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. |
<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 Georgetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<6> | 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- Georgetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Georgetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0784, Longitude: -96.7959 In this case, the coordinates for Georgetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |