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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 Lauderdale (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 Lauderdale. 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.

Lauderdale is located in Ramsey 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 Ramsey County: Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin & Washington.

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

  • Ramsey County     (The home county of Lauderdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Falcon Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Roseville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • New Brighton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Arden Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Paul
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Canada
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • Mounds View
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Shoreview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Vadnais Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • North Oaks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Maplewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gem Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
  • Anoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Columbia Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop
      (4 miles [6.4 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Lake Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Circle Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lexington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Coon Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
    • Blaine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Coon Rapids
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Centerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lino Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Anoka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ham Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Chanhassen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazeltine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Victoria
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Chaska
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Carver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dahlgren
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dahlgren is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
    • Waconia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Chisago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Wyoming
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Stacy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Stacy is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
    • Chisago City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Lilydale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lilydale is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • Mendota
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • West Saint Paul
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mendota Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sunfish Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Eagan is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,975 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagan <1>
    • Nicols
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • South Saint Paul
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Inver Grove Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Apple Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rosemount
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Coates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Coates is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Saint Anthony
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Minneapolis
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Golden Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Robbinsdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Brooklyn Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Richfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • New Hope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Brooklyn Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Edina is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,477 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edina <1>
    • Hopkins
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Medicine Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Savage
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Shakopee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Prior Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Credit River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Credit River is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
    • Marystown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Cedar Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Elko New Market
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • New Market
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jordan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherburne County
    • Elk River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Landfall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Landfall is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Oakdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Oakdale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Birchwood Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
    • Pine Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Pine Springs is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Willernie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dellwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dellwood is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
    • Mahtomedi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Newport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Paul Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Duluth Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Duluth Junction is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
    • Grant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Grant is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
    • Hugo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hugo is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Hanover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Albertville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Otsego
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Michael
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Delano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Pierce County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • Prescott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
    • River Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 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
  • Saint Croix County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale, with the one closest to Lauderdale listed first.
    • North Hudson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Hudson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
    • Burkhardt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
    • Somerset
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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 Lauderdale, see our County-by-County Page for Lauderdale.

Cemeteries Near Lauderdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lauderdale.

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

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

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

  • Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Minneapolis.
    • The Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sunset Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83665 <2>
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Minneapolis.
    • The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Washburn - McReavy Hillside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82513 <2>
  • St. Mary's Orthodox Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmhurst Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst Cemetery
    • The Elmhurst Cemetery has also been known as:
    • German Lutheran Cemetery
    • Orchard Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82221 <2>
  • Temple of Aaron Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Temple Israel Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (291 more) ...

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

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

  • Minneapolis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • New Brighton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Saint Paul
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Canada
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cardigan Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
  • Mendota
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mounds View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • West Saint Paul
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fridley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gladstone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Gladstone is located in Ramsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Robbinsdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Saint Louis Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Richfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooklyn Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Lauderdale ...

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 457 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lauderdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lauderdale, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lauderdale.

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 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 Lauderdale:

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 Lauderdale, 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' (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- Lauderdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.