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 Mendota Heights (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 Mendota Heights. 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 Mendota Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mendota Heights: Mendota Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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.
Mendota Heights is located in Dakota 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 Dakota County: Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington & Pierce (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Mendota Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mendota Heights:
- Dakota County (The home county of Mendota Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Lilydale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lilydale is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Mendota
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunfish Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Inver Grove Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicols
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Apple Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosemount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burnsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coates is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Nininger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Circle Pines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lino Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coon Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Coon Rapids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Anoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ham Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Chanhassen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hazeltine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Chaska
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Carver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Victoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Cannon Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Welch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minneapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Anthony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Edina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Robbinsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Medicine Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Minnetonka Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Falcon Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Roseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little Canada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cardigan Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Maplewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Saint Paul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vadnais Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arden Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gem Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- New Brighton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Webster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trondjem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Savage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shakopee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Prior Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marystown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Elko
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elko New Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- New Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Saint Patrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Jordan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Landfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Cottage Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Willernie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Elmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mahtomedi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Afton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dellwood
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Pierce County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Prescott
(19 miles [30.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Trimbelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Saint Croix County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 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
- North Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Burkhardt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Roberts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mendota Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Mendota Heights.
Cemeteries Near Mendota Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mendota Heights.
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 Mendota Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mendota Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Resurrection Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mendota.
- The Church of St. Peter Historic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Peter Historic Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1769302 <2>
- Acacia Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Acacia Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mendota.
- The Acacia Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Acacia Cemetery
- Acacia Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81832 <2>
- Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
- The Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Cemetery
- Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salem Kirche Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Emanuel Luthern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Lutheran Cemetery is located in South Saint Paul.
- The German Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- General Lutheran Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Assumption Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Christ Luthern Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Mendota Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mendota Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mendota Heights, with the one closest to Mendota Heights listed first.
- Mendota
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nicols
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- South Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- Rosemount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gladstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Minneapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mendota Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mendota Heights.
Newspapers Published in Mendota Heights ...
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 540 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mendota Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mendota Heights, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mendota Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Mendota Heights:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Dakota County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix 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 Mendota Heights, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mendota Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |