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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 Mounds View (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 Mounds View. 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 Mounds View ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mounds View: Mounds Vw.
  • While the name of this city is Mounds View, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mounds View may originally have been Mound's View.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mounds View might be written as Mound View.

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 and hospitals 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.

Mounds View 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 Mounds View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mounds View:

  • Ramsey County     (The home county of Mounds View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • New Brighton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Arden Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shoreview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • Roseville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lauderdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
    • Vadnais Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gem Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
    • Falcon Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Little Canada
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • White Bear Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Anoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Spring Lake Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lexington
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Circle Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fridley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Blaine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Columbia Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hilltop
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hilltop is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
    • Coon Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
    • Coon Rapids
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lino Lakes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Anoka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Chanhassen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazeltine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Victoria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chaska
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chisago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Wyoming
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Stacy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Chisago City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lindstrom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Center City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Branch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Branch is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Shafer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Franconia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Franconia is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
    • North Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Lilydale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lilydale is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • West Saint Paul
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mendota Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Mendota
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sunfish Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Eagan
      (18 miles [29 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 <2>
    • South Saint Paul
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicols
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • Inver Grove Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Burnsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Apple Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rosemount
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Saint Anthony
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Brooklyn Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Brooklyn Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Crystal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Robbinsdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Minneapolis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • New Hope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Osseo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Osseo is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osseo <2>
    • Champlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Medicine Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Isanti County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Weber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Weber is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
    • Isanti
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Crown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Crown is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
    • Bradford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bradford is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Savage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Shakopee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prior Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Sherburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Elk River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Zimmerman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,135 people
      • Zimmerman has also been known as:
      • Lake Fremont
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zimmerman <2>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Birchwood Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
    • Dellwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Dellwood is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
    • Hugo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • 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 <2>
    • Mahtomedi
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Willernie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pine Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Grant
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
    • Oakdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • 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
    • Withrow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Withrow is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
    • Forest Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Landfall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Landfall is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • Otsego
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanover
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Albertville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Saint Michael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Rockford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Delano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Polk County (WI)
    • Osceola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in Polk County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
  • Saint Croix County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mounds View, with the one closest to Mounds View listed first.
    • North Hudson
      (23 miles [37 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
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Somerset
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Burkhardt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt

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

Cemeteries Near Mounds View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mounds View.

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 Mounds View - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sacred Heart Polish National Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary's Orthodox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mary T Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rice Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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 <3>
  • Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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 <3>
  • Continue List   (291 more) ...
    • Morningside Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Twitchel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Church of the Epiphany 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mounds View had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Mounds View had a population of 13,446 people.

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

  • New Brighton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fridley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coon Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
  • Brooklyn Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cardigan Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
  • Crystal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Robbinsdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Canada
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Centerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Minneapolis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • White Bear Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Osseo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Osseo is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,703 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osseo <2>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Gladstone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gladstone is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
    • White Bear Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
    • Anoka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Mounds View ...

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 389 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mounds View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mounds View, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mounds View.

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 either 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 Mounds View:

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>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 Mounds View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Mounds View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.