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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 Kinney (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 Kinney. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Kinney 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 Kinney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kinney:

  • Saint Louis County     (The home county of Kinney)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinney, with the one closest to Kinney listed first.
    • Buhl
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buhl have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
      • Buhl is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 969 people
    • Mountain Iron
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Leonidas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonidas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonidas
      • Leonidas is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Chisholm
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chisholm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
      • Chisholm is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chisholm <2>
    • Virginia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Iron Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Junction
      • Iron Junction is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Ramshaw
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramshaw
      • Ramshaw is located in Saint Louis County
    • Eveleth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eveleth
      • Eveleth is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,536 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eveleth <2>
    • Franklin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Saint Louis County
    • Genoa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
      • Genoa is located in Saint Louis County
    • Forbes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forbes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
      • Forbes is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbes <2>
    • Ruby Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Junction
      • Ruby Junction is located in Saint Louis County
    • Britt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Britt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britt
      • Britt is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Britt <2>
  • Itasca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinney, with the one closest to Kinney listed first.
    • Keewatin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keewatin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewatin
      • Keewatin is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,010 people
    • Nashwauk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashwauk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashwauk
      • Nashwauk is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashwauk <2>
    • Pengilly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pengilly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pengilly
      • Pengilly is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pengilly <2>
    • Calumet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calumet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
      • Calumet is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calumet <2>
    • Marble
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
      • Marble is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Kinney ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kinney.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kinney, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kinney.

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 Kinney:

Cemeteries Near Kinney ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kinney.

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 Kinney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lake View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lakeview Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Chisholm Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Eveleth Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Grandview Memorial Garden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Memorial Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Memorial Garden
  • Old Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
  • Hibbing Park Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hibbing Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hibbing Park Cemetery
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilbert Cemetery
  • Forbes Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Hill Cemetery
  • Florenton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florenton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florenton Cemetery
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Zim Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zim Cemetery
    • Sandy Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Cemetery
    • Idington Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Idington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Idington Cemetery

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 Kinney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kinney.

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

  • Midway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Midway is located in Saint Louis County
  • Hinsdale
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Hinsdale is located in Saint Louis County
  • Tower
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
    • Tower is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tower <2>
  • Tower Junction
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
    • Tower Junction 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 Kinney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kinney.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kinney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kinney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kinney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5167, Longitude: -92.7184       In this case, the coordinates for Kinney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Kinney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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