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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 Hartley Spur (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 Hartley Spur. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hartley Spur is located in Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County: Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake & Douglas (WI).

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

  • Saint Louis County     (The home county of Hartley Spur)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartley Spur, with the one closest to Hartley Spur listed first.
    • Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Island is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
    • Floodwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlands
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Alborn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
    • Brookston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Canyon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Saginaw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
    • Cotton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hibbing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hibbing is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,716 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hibbing <1>
    • Ruby Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Ruby Junction is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Junction
  • Aitkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartley Spur, with the one closest to Hartley Spur listed first.
    • Jacobson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Libby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Libby is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
    • Minnewawa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Minnewawa is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnewawa
    • Tamarack
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Hill City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Haypoint
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Haypoint is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypoint
    • Palisade
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • McGregor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Carlton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartley Spur, with the one closest to Hartley Spur listed first.
    • Cromwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Wright
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sawyer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
  • Itasca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartley Spur, with the one closest to Hartley Spur listed first.
    • Wawina
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wawina is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawina
    • Swan River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Goodland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodland is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
    • Warba
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pengilly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Calumet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marble
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Keewatin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Keewatin is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewatin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,010 people
    • Nashwauk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bovey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • La Prairie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • La Prairie is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
    • Coleraine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Rapids
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hartley Spur ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartley Spur.

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 Hartley Spur - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartley Spur, with the one closest to Hartley Spur listed first.

  • Floodwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sago Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ball Bluff Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Lake Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Toivola Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Feeley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • Fine Lakes Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Meadowlands Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Toivola Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<2>

While we didn't find Hartley Spur in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartley Spur.

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

  • Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Island is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
  • Wawina
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wawina is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawina
  • Floodwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Swan River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Libby
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Libby is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
  • Blackberry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackberry is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
  • Wright
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Cromwell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Tamarack
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Corona
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Corona is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
  • Independence
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Independence is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • La Prairie
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • La Prairie is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Grand Rapids
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sawyer
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer

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

Newspapers Published in Hartley Spur ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartley Spur.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartley Spur, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartley Spur.

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 either 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 Hartley Spur:

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>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 Hartley Spur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hartley Spur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.