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 Inver Grove Heights (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 Inver Grove Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Inver Grove Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Inver Grove Heights: Inver Grv. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Inver Grove Heights is located in Dakota 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 Dakota County: Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington & Pierce (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Inver Grove Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Inver Grove Heights:
- Dakota County (The home county of Inver Grove Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- South Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunfish Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mendota Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemount
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagan
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lilydale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lilydale is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Mendota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coates is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Nicols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Nininger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Apple Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Fridley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Circle Pines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lino Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coon Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Coon Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anoka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Chanhassen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chaska
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hazeltine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Carver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Victoria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Cannon Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Welch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Dennison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wangs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- White Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Richfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Minneapolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Anthony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Robbinsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crystal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minnetonka Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Highwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Saint Paul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Falcon Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Canada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Maplewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cardigan Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Gem Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Vadnais Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arden Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Webster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dundas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trondjem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Lonsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Savage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Credit River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Prior Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shakopee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elko New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elko New Market is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,733 people
- Elko
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Marystown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Saint Patrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Saint Paul Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Oakdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Afton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Elmo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Saint Marys Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Birchwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Pierce County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Prescott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- River Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Trimbelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Beldenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Moeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Morton Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Hager City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Saint Croix County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- North Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Burkhardt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Inver Grove Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Inver Grove Heights.
Cemeteries Near Inver Grove Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Inver Grove Heights.
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 Inver Grove Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Inver Grove Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Old Emanuel Luthern Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grey Cloud Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Kirche Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
- The Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
- Atkinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Lutheran Cemetery is located in South Saint Paul.
- The German Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- General Lutheran Cemetery
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Inver Grove Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Inver Grove Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Inver Grove Heights, with the one closest to Inver Grove Heights listed first.
- Pine Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Saint Paul Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rich Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Cottage Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Langdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Langdon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Highwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Mendota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nicols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Saint Paul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vermillion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Inver Grove Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Inver Grove Heights.
Newspapers Published in Inver Grove Heights ...
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 450 newspapers that have been published in the area around Inver Grove Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Inver Grove Heights, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Inver Grove Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Inver Grove Heights:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Dakota County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix 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> | 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 Inver Grove Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Inver Grove Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |