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 Kettle River (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 Kettle River. 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 Kettle River ...
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 Kettle River: Kettle Riv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kettle River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kettle River.
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 northwest 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 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.
Kettle River is located in Carlton 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 Carlton County: Aitkin, Pine, Saint Louis & Douglas (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Kettle River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kettle River:
- Carlton County (The home county of Kettle River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kettle River, with the one closest to Kettle River listed first.
- Moose Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Automba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Automba is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
- Barnum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mahtowa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Wright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Otter Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Holyoke
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wrenshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cloquet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aitkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kettle River, with the one closest to Kettle River listed first.
- Tamarack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- McGregor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Minnewawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Minnewawa is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnewawa
- McGrath
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimberly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Libby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Libby is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Pine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kettle River, with the one closest to Kettle River listed first.
- Sturgeon Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Denham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Denham is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Willow River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rutledge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rutledge is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Bruno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bruno is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Kerrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Finlayson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Askov
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sandstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Duxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kettle River, with the one closest to Kettle River listed first.
- Brookston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Floodwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kettle River, see our County-by-County Page for Kettle River.
Cemeteries Near Kettle River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kettle River.
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 Kettle River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kettle River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kettle River, with the one closest to Kettle River listed first.
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Co-op Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Leonard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- National Polish Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Moose Lake.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 71 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960065 <2>
- Sturgeon Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Sturgeon Lake.
- The St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Isadors Cemetery
- St. Isidore's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960067 <2>
- Blomskog Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nordland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (83 more) ...
- Denham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Barnum.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 66 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165394 <2>
- Faith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Kettle River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kettle River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kettle River, with the one closest to Kettle River listed first.
- Moose Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sturgeon Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barnum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cromwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mahtowa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Corona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Corona is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Wright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tamarack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Kerrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Finlayson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Otter Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- McGregor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Holyoke
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kettle River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kettle River.
Newspapers Published in Kettle River ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kettle River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kettle River, 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 Kettle River.
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 Kettle River:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Carlton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aitkin County
- Pine County
- Saint Louis 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 Kettle River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Kettle River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |