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 Hartland (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 Hartland. 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 doctors and 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.
Hartland is located in Freeborn 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 Freeborn County: Winnebago (IA), Worth (IA), Faribault, Mower, Steele & Waseca.
Below are the counties that are near Hartland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartland:
- Freeborn County (The home county of Hartland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Freeborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Clarks Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Albert Lea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Conger is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Hollandale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hayward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Glenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Earth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Pemberton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Mapleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Mill is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
- Beauford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beauford is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauford
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Westfield Center ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westfield Center is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faribault County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Wells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Walters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walters is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Minnesota Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Kiester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bricelyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Dell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dell is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Frost
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delavan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Delavan is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Le Sueur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Waterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Mower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lansing is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Mapleview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mapleview is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Austin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Varco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Varco is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varco
- Waltham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rice County
- Morristown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Steele County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Ellendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- River Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Steele Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Steele Center is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Center
- Blooming Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pratt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Owatonna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Havana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Medford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Medford is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Rice Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Waseca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- New Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vista is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Waldorf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waldorf is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Wilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Waseca
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alma City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alma City is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
- Palmer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Palmer is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Janesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elysian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winnebago County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Scarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vinje
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vinje is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinje
- Lake Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Worth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Silver Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Northwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Joice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Joice is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartland, see our County-by-County Page for Hartland.
Cemeteries Near Hartland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartland.
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 Hartland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Hartland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- South Hartland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Freeborn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeborn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeborn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Freeborn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82353 <2>
- Seven Day Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Aidens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Olaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carlston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Central Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Le Sueur River American Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Alden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Itasca Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeborn County Poor Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hartland had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hartland had a population of 307 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Freeborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- New Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clarks Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Armstrong
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armstrong is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Alden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Albert Lea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Lemond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lemond is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemond
- River Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hayward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mansfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mansfield is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Twin Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hartland ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hartland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hartland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hartland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Hartland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hartland:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Freeborn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blue Earth County
- Dodge County
- Faribault County
- Le Sueur County
- Mower County
- Rice County
- Steele County
- Waseca 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 Hartland, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hartland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |