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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 Heiberg (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 Heiberg. 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 hospitals and 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.

Heiberg is located in Norman 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 Norman County: Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Polk, Cass (ND) & Traill (ND).

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

  • Norman County     (The home county of Heiberg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heiberg, with the one closest to Heiberg listed first.
    • Twin Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
    • Gary
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Faith
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Faith is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
    • Flom
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Flaming
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Flaming is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
    • Ada
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Borup
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Borup is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Rindal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rindal is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Hendrum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hendrum is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Perley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Perley is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Halstad
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Shelly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Shelly is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Becker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heiberg, with the one closest to Heiberg listed first.
    • Ogema
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ogema is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogema
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
    • White Earth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Callaway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Richwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Richwood is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heiberg, with the one closest to Heiberg listed first.
    • Ulen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Felton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hitterdal
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Hawley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Georgetown is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Muskoda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Muskoda is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
    • Kragnes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kragnes is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
  • Mahnomen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heiberg, with the one closest to Heiberg listed first.
    • Mahnomen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bejou
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Waubun
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Naytahwaush
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heiberg, with the one closest to Heiberg listed first.
    • Fertile
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Beltrami
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Winger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Melvin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Melvin is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Dugdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Dugdale is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Mentor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Erskine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McIntosh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Nielsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Nielsville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people

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

Cemeteries Near Heiberg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heiberg.

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

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

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

  • Trinity Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Zion Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Williams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Twin Valley City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • West Wild Rice Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • North Wild Rice Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hlubek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Wild Rice Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Norman County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Syre Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • East Wild Rice Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Petri Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Heiberg had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Twin Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Twin Valley is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Fossum
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fossum is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossum
  • Gary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Syre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Syre is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syre
  • Faith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Faith is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
  • Ada
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Ulen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Rindal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
  • Lockhart
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockhart is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
  • Fertile
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Felton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hitterdal
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Beltrami
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Winger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Melvin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Melvin is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin

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

Newspapers Published in Heiberg ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heiberg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heiberg, 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 Heiberg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Heiberg:

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 Heiberg, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heiberg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.