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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 Glyndon (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 Glyndon. 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 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.

Glyndon is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Glyndon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyndon, with the one closest to Glyndon listed first.
    • Dilworth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sabin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sabin is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
    • Moorhead
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Muskoda
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Finkle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Oakport is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
    • Kragnes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Baker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hawley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Felton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hitterdal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Comstock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Comstock is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
  • Becker County
  • Norman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyndon, with the one closest to Glyndon listed first.
    • Borup
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Borup is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Perley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hendrum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ada
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ada is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <1>
    • Flom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Wilkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyndon, with the one closest to Glyndon listed first.
    • Wolverton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lawndale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cass County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyndon, with the one closest to Glyndon listed first.
    • North River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Briarwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Fargo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Prairie Rose
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Frontier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Reile's Acres
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
    • Wild Rice
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Fargo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Harwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Horace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Horace is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <1>
    • Oxbow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Argusville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Richland County (ND)

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

Cemeteries Near Glyndon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glyndon.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glyndon, with the one closest to Glyndon 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Glyndon had a population of 275 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Glyndon had a population of 1,385 people.

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

  • Dilworth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Averill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Averill is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
  • Sabin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sabin is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Moorhead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Finkle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Muskoda
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Downer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Downer is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
  • Baker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kragnes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hawley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fargo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Wild Rice
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Felton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Winnipeg Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Winnipeg Junction is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg Junction
    • Comstock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Comstock is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Glyndon ...

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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glyndon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Glyndon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Glyndon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Glyndon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Glyndon.

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 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 Glyndon:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glyndon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Glyndon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.