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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 Lengby (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 Lengby. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Lengby is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Lengby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Fosston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McIntosh
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Winger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Gully
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Gully is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Trail
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Trail is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Erskine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mentor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fertile
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Becker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Elbow Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
    • White Earth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Beltrami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Solway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Pinewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Pinewood is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Debs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Debs is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debs
    • Wilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Wilton is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
  • Clearwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Rice Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
    • Bagley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bagley is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,439 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bagley <1>
    • Clearbrook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Minerva
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Minerva is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
    • Gonvick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Shevlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Leonard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Lost Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
      • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
  • Mahnomen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Roy Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
    • Bejou
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Naytahwaush
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mahnomen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Waubun
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Norman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Rindal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rindal is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Faith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Faith is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
    • Flaming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Flaming is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
  • Red Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lengby, with the one closest to Lengby listed first.
    • Oklee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brooks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people

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

Cemeteries Near Lengby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lengby.

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

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

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

  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Paul's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Poplar Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Freedom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Our Saviour's Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Holiness Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Bend Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Bagley.
    • The Hanson - Thorstad Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Peter Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209251 <2>
  • Cross Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Kingo Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Landstad Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosehill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Lengby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lengby.

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

  • Fosston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Olga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Olga is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • McIntosh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Winger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Erskine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rindal
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
  • Faith
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Faith is located in Norman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
  • Mentor
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Bay
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay

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

Newspapers Published in Lengby ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lengby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lengby, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lengby.

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 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 Lengby:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Lengby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Lengby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.