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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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace (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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace. 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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: McDonalds Lake View Terrace.

  • A typical abbreviation for McDonalds Lakeview Terrace: McDonalds Lakeview Ter. (or less commonly used: McDonalds Lakeview Terr.)
  • While the name of this community is McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McDonalds Lakeview Terrace may originally have been McDonald's Lakeview Terrace.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McDonalds Lakeview Terrace might be written as McDonald Lakeview Terrace.

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 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.

McDonalds Lakeview Terrace is located in McLeod 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 McLeod County: Carver, Meeker, Renville, Sibley & Wright.

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

  • McLeod County     (The home county of McDonalds Lakeview Terrace)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Hutchinson
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Biscay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Biscay is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Silver Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Brownton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Stewart
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Stewart is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
    • Sumter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sumter is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Glencoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fernando
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Fernando is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernando
    • Lester Prairie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Winsted
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Plato
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Hollywood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hollywood is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • New Germany
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hazelton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hazelton is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Hamburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hamburg is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
    • Norwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Norwood Young America
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Norwood Young America is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Young America
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
    • Young America
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Mayer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Hydes Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
    • Watertown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Assumption
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Assumption is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
    • Waconia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Cologne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Kandiyohi County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Lake Lillian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Atwater
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kandiyohi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kandiyohi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
    • Blomkest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Blomkest is located in Kandiyohi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomkest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
  • Meeker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Cedar Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Mills is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Darwin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Dassel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cosmos
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Litchfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rosendale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosendale is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
    • Kingston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Kingston is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Forest City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Forest City is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Grove City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Manannah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Manannah is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manannah
    • Watkins
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Eden Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Nicollet County
    • Lafayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Renville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Buffalo Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hector
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bird Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Fairfax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olivia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Sibley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • New Auburn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Winthrop
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Green Isle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Gaylord
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Gibbon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Arlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Stearns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Kimball Prairie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kimball Prairie is located in Stearns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Prairie
    • Kimball
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, with the one closest to McDonalds Lakeview Terrace listed first.
    • Cokato
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Smith Lake is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Lake
    • Howard Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Albright
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Albright is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright
    • Waverly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Albion Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Albion Center is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Montrose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rassat
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rassat is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rassat
    • South Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Annandale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near McDonalds Lakeview Terrace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McDonalds Lakeview Terrace.

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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Oakland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Peace Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Anastasia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Acoma Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Mortens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Biscay Evangelical Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Evangelical Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (227 more) ...
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bohemian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Hutchinson
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Biscay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Biscay is located in McLeod County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Cedar Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Mills is located in Meeker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Lakeside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeside is located in Renville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Greenleaf
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenleaf is located in Meeker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Brownton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Silver Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Stewart
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Stewart is located in McLeod County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
  • Sumter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sumter is located in McLeod County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
  • Darwin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dassel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cosmos
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • New Auburn
      (16 miles [25.7 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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around McDonalds Lakeview Terrace.

Newspapers Published in McDonalds Lakeview Terrace ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around McDonalds Lakeview Terrace.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, 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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace.

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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McDonalds Lakeview Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 McDonalds Lakeview Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.