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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 Hubbard (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 Hubbard. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Hubbard is located in Hubbard 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 Hubbard County: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater & Wadena.

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

  • Hubbard County     (The home county of Hubbard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hubbard, with the one closest to Hubbard listed first.
    • Park Rapids
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dorset
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Dorset is located in Hubbard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
    • Nevis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Akeley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake George
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Benedict
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
    • Laporte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Becker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hubbard, with the one closest to Hubbard listed first.
    • Osage
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolf Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Two Inlets
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Two Inlets is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Inlets
    • Ponsford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Point is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
    • Evergreen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Evergreen is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hubbard, with the one closest to Hubbard listed first.
    • Backus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hackensack
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Ah-gwah-ching
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
    • Ellis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ellis is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Walker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Chickamaw Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
  • Clearwater County
    • Long Lost Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
      • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
  • Otter Tail County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hubbard, with the one closest to Hubbard listed first.
    • Davies
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Davies is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davies
    • Bluffton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Wadena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wadena is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,121 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadena <1>
    • New York Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wadena County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hubbard, with the one closest to Hubbard listed first.
    • Menahga
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sebeka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Nimrod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Verndale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Hubbard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hubbard.

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

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

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

  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Shell City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Straight River Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jim Cook Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Henrietta Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Alajoki Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Crandall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Huntersville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Finnish Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Eye Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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, Hubbard had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Park Rapids
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Menahga
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Osage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sebeka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Nimrod
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Davies
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Davies is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davies
  • Hackensack
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Ellis
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellis is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
  • New York Mills
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluffton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
  • Wadena
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Wadena is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadena <1>
  • Pine River
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hubbard ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hubbard.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hubbard. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hubbard and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hubbard.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Hubbard.

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 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 Hubbard:

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