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 Gutches Grove (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 Gutches Grove. 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 Gutches Grove ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Gutches Grove: Gutches Grv.
- While the name of this community is Gutches Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Gutches Grove may originally have been Gutche's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gutches Grove might be written as Gutche Grove.
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 hospitals 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.
Gutches Grove is located in Todd 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 Todd County: Douglas, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns & Wadena.
Below are the counties that are near Gutches Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gutches Grove:
- Todd County (The home county of Gutches Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Long Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clotho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clotho is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clotho
- Browerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Browerville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- West Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Clarissa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pillsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pillsbury is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
- Grey Eagle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burtrum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eagle Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bertha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hewitt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hewitt is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Philbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Philbrook is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbrook
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Osakis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rose City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Belle River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belle River is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Carlos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Miltona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alexandria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Forada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Holmes City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holmes City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes City
- Millerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millerville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Brandon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Swanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Flensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Flensburg is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Upsala
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sobieski
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sobieski is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobieski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Cushing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elmdale is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Randall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowlus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Little Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Belle Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Prairie is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
- Motley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Tail County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Parkers Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Urbank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Urbank is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Westport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Westport is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Villard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grove Lake is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
- Sedan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sedan is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Glenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Beach is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Stearns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Sauk Centre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Rosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rosa is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Melrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meire Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Meire Grove is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meire Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Munich
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Anthony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Elrosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holdingford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Wadena County
- Aldrich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aldrich is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gutches Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Gutches Grove.
Cemeteries Near Gutches Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gutches Grove.
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 Gutches Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gutches Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stallcop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Sauk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kandota Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Svealund Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Freemans Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sauk Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freemans Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Gutches Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gutches Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gutches Grove, with the one closest to Gutches Grove listed first.
- Round Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Round Prairie is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Little Sauk
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Sauk is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sauk
- Long Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clotho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clotho is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clotho
- Osakis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Browerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Browerville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- West Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Spaulding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spaulding is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Clarissa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grey Eagle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pillsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pillsbury is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
- Belle River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belle River is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sauk Centre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Burtrum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gutches Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gutches Grove.
Newspapers Published in Gutches Grove ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gutches Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gutches Grove, 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 Gutches Grove.
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 Gutches Grove:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Todd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Douglas County
- Morrison County
- Otter Tail County
- Pope County
- Stearns County
- Wadena County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gutches Grove, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gutches Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |