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 Hermantown (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 Hermantown. 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.

Hermantown is located in Saint Louis County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties 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 Hermantown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hermantown:

• Saint Louis County     (The home county of Hermantown)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Hermantown, with the one closest to Hermantown listed first.
  • Adolph
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adolph
    • Adolph is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adolph <2>
  • Proctor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
    • Proctor is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <2>
  • Duluth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
    • Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <2>
  • Arnold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Arnold is located in Saint Louis County
  • Twig
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twig have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
    • Twig is located in Saint Louis County
  • Gary
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in Saint Louis County
  • New Duluth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
    • New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
  • Saginaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saginaw have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
    • Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County
  • Clifton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Saint Louis County
  • Brookston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
    • Brookston is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <2>
  • Alborn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
    • Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
  • Canyon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Canyon is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon <2>
  • Cotton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
    • Cotton is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotton <2>
• Carlton County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Hermantown, with the one closest to Hermantown listed first.
  • Esko
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esko
    • Esko is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esko <2>
  • Cloquet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloquet
    • Cloquet is located in Carlton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,014 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloquet <2>
  • Scanlon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scanlon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
    • Scanlon is located in Carlton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
  • Thomson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
    • Thomson is located in Carlton County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
  • Carlton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Carlton is located in Carlton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <2>
  • Wrenshall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrenshall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrenshall
    • Wrenshall is located in Carlton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrenshall <2>
  • Otter Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
    • Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
  • Sawyer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
  • Holyoke
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holyoke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
    • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
  • Mahtowa
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
    • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
  • Barnum
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
    • Barnum is located in Carlton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnum <2>
• Lake County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Hermantown, with the one closest to Hermantown listed first.
  • Knife River
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
    • Knife River is located in Lake County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knife River <2>
  • Two Harbors
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Harbors
    • Two Harbors is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Two Harbors <2>
• Douglas County (WI)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Hermantown, with the one closest to Hermantown listed first.
  • Superior
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
  • Oliver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
  • Superior Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
    • Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
  • Saunders
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
    • Saunders is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Dedham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dedham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
    • Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • South Range
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
    • South Range is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Poplar
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
  • Hawthorne
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
    • Hawthorne is located in Douglas County (WI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Cloverland
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Cloverland is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Bennett
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
    • Bennett is located in Douglas County (WI)

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

Cemeteries Near Hermantown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hermantown.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Hermantown Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hermantown Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hermantown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Union Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Bethany Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Jewish Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewish Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Sunrise Memorial Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunrise Memorial Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunrise Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Canosia Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canosia Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canosia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Augustana Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Augustana Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Augustana Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Oneota Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oneota Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83008 <4>
• Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2657938 <4>
• Solway Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solway Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Gethsemane Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gethsemane Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82382 <4>
• Polish Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish Cemetery
  • The Polish Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Polish Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83096 <4>
• Continue List   (60 more) ...
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82045 <4>
  • Tifereth Israel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tifereth Israel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tifereth Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Adas Israel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adas Israel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adas Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

• West Duluth
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Duluth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duluth
  • West Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
• Oneota
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
  • Oneota is located in Saint Louis County
• Duluth
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
  • Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <2>
• Smithville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Smithville is located in Saint Louis County
• Superior
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
  • Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
• Fond du Lac
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fond du Lac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
  • Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County
• New Duluth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
  • New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
• Lester Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lester Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Park
  • Lester Park is located in Saint Louis County
• Cloquet
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloquet
  • Cloquet is located in Carlton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloquet <2>
• Thomson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
  • Thomson is located in Carlton County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
• Pokegama
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pokegama have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
  • Pokegama is located in Douglas County (WI)
• South Superior
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Superior
  • South Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
• Continue List   (13 more) ...
  • Carlton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Carlton is located in Carlton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <2>
  • Itasca
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Itasca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itasca
    • Itasca is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Independence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Saint Louis County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hermantown ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hermantown.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hermantown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hermantown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hermantown.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Hermantown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Hermantown:

• Websites specific to Minnesota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Minnesota State Archives

• Pages specific to Saint Louis County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Carlton County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Lake County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Douglas County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Saint Louis County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Saint Louis County

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hermantown: www.hermantownmn.com/

The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/