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 Ihlen (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 Ihlen. 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 and hospitals 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.
Ihlen is located in Pipestone 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 Pipestone County: Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Rock, Brookings (SD), Minnehaha (SD) & Moody (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Ihlen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ihlen:
- Pipestone County (The home county of Ihlen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Jasper Sunrise Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Trosky
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pipestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Airlie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Airlie is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Hatfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Edgerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Lake Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tyler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon County
- Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Chandler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chandler is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Lake Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Hadley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hadley is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Lowville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lowville is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
- Iona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nobles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Leota
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leota is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leota
- Lismore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lismore is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
- Wilmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adrian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Hardwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kenneth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kenneth is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Luverne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Manley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Manley is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Magnolia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Bruce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bruce is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ash Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ash Creek is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Creek
- Steen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Steen is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Kanaranzi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookings County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Elkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Medary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medary is located in Brookings County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Brant Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brant Lake is located in Lake County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wentworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Minnehaha County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Sherman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Garretson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dell Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Baltic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baltic is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltic <1>
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Valley Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brandon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Renner Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Renner Corner is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner Corner
- Population from the 2010 Census: 305 people
- Renner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow View Addition
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow View Addition is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View Addition
- Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
- Crooks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crooks is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooks <1>
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntimer is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntimer
- Estimated population in 2014: 590 people
- Moody County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Flandreau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Egan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux Falls Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
- Ward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lone Tree is located in Moody County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
- Colman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dyce ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dyce is located in Moody County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ihlen, see our County-by-County Page for Ihlen.
Cemeteries Near Ihlen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ihlen.
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 Ihlen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ihlen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Ihlen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eden Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jasper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem EUB Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Dell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trosky Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pipestone.
- The Old Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141410 <2>
- St. Leo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (113 more) ...
- Oslo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosendal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swedish Augustana Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ihlen had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Ihlen had a population of 66 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ihlen, with the one closest to Ihlen listed first.
- Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Trosky
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pipestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Airlie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Airlie is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Hatfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Cazenovia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cazenovia is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Sherman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Minnehaha County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Hardwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garretson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flandreau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Pipestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Egan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ihlen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ihlen.
Newspapers Published in Ihlen ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ihlen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ihlen, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ihlen.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ihlen:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Pipestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Lyon County
- Murray County
- Nobles County
- Rock County
- Brookings County
- Lake County
- Minnehaha County
- Moody County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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 Ihlen, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ihlen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |