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 Meire Grove (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 Meire Grove. 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 Meire Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Meire Grove: Meire Grv.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Meire Grove is located in Stearns 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 Stearns County: Benton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Pope, Sherburne, Todd & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Meire Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meire Grove:
- Stearns County (The home county of Meire Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Greenwald
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Melrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Munich
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elrosa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Sauk Centre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Rosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Rosa is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Lake Henry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Saint Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Belgrade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belgrade is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Osakis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belle River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belle River is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Kandiyohi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Regal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Regal is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hawick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hawick is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawick
- New London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sunburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Spicer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Meeker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Eden Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manannah is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manannah
- Watkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Upsala
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Swanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Bowlus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flensburg is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- North Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Prairie is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
- Sobieski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sobieski is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobieski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Grove Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grove Lake is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
- Westport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Sedan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sedan is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Villard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Long Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Long Beach is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Grey Eagle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Burtrum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pillsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pillsbury is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
- Long Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clotho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clotho is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clotho
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meire Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Meire Grove.
Cemeteries Near Meire Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meire Grove.
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 Meire Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meire Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Melrose.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Boniface Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83432 <2>
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Meire Grove had a population of 31 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Meire Grove had a population of 200 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meire Grove, with the one closest to Meire Grove listed first.
- Melrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Munich
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Sauk Centre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spaulding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spaulding is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Lake Henry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Saint Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belgrade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belgrade is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Georgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Grove Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grove Lake is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lake
- Brooten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooten is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooten
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grey Eagle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Farming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farming is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farming
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meire Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meire Grove.
Newspapers Published in Meire Grove ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meire Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meire Grove, 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 Meire Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Meire Grove:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Stearns County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Douglas County
- Kandiyohi County
- Meeker County
- Morrison County
- Pope County
- Todd 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 Meire Grove, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Meire Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |