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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 Henriette (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 Henriette. 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.

Henriette is located in Pine 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 Pine County: Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Burnett (WI), Douglas (WI) & Polk (WI).

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

  • Pine County     (The home county of Henriette)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henriette, with the one closest to Henriette listed first.
    • Brook Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Brook Park is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Pine City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Beroun
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Beroun is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
    • Rock Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hinckley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloverdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cloverdale is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Sandstone
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Finlayson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Askov
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutledge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rutledge is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
  • Aitkin County
    • McGrath
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Chisago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henriette, with the one closest to Henriette listed first.
    • Rush City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • North Branch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Almelund
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Isanti County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henriette, with the one closest to Henriette listed first.
    • Braham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Stanchfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Elm Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Elm Park is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
    • Grandy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Dalbo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cambridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Minnesota Boys Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Minnesota Boys Town is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Boys Town
    • Bradford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bradford is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Isanti
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Weber
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Weber is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
  • Kanabec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henriette, with the one closest to Henriette listed first.
    • Quamba
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Quamba is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Grasston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Mora is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,583 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <1>
    • Coin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Coin is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
    • Ogilvie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Mille Lacs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henriette, with the one closest to Henriette listed first.
    • Bock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bock is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bock <1>
    • Isle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Isle is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isle <1>
    • Wahkon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Milaca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Milaca is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milaca <1>
    • Pease
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Onamia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Foreston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
    • Princeton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Burnett County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henriette, with the one closest to Henriette listed first.
    • Randall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
    • Grantsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Grantsburg is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
    • Alpha
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Alpha is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Polk County (WI)
    • Atlas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Atlas is located in Polk County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas

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

Cemeteries Near Henriette ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henriette.

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

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

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

  • Henriette Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Brook Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Grasston Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grass Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Birchwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Royalton Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hill Top Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hill Top Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Pine City.
    • The Hill Top Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hilltop Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259986 <2>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Johnson Memorial Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • West Rock Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bohemian Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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 Henriette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Henriette.

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

  • Grass Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
  • Pine City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mora
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mora is located in Kanabec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,583 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <1>
  • Brunswick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brunswick is located in Kanabec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Braham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mission Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mission Creek is located in Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
  • Rock Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hinckley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanchfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Rush Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Rush Point is located in Chisago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
  • Rush City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Springvale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Springvale is located in Isanti County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Randall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
    • Dalbo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Henriette ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henriette.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Henriette. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Henriette and those printed in the larger area surrounding Henriette.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Henriette.

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 Henriette:

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 Henriette, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Henriette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.