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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 Nemadji (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 Nemadji. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Nemadji is located in Carlton 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 Carlton County: Aitkin, Pine, Saint Louis & Douglas (WI).

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

  • Carlton County     (The home county of Nemadji)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nemadji, with the one closest to Nemadji listed first.
    • Barnum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mahtowa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
    • Moose Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Holyoke
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
    • Otter Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
    • Sawyer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Kettle River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wrenshall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Carlton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thomson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Thomson is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
      • Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
    • Cloquet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Scanlon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Scanlon is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
  • Aitkin County
    • Tamarack
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Pine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nemadji, with the one closest to Nemadji listed first.
    • Kerrick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sturgeon Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruno
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bruno is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Willow River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Denham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Denham is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Rutledge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rutledge is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Kingsdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingsdale is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
    • Askov
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Duxbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Duxbury is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
    • Finlayson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cloverton is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
    • Sandstone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Louis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nemadji, with the one closest to Nemadji listed first.
    • Gary
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gary is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • New Duluth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
    • Adolph
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Proctor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Proctor is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <1>
    • Brookston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Saginaw
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
    • Oneota
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oneota is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
    • Hermantown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Twig
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Twig is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
  • Douglas County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nemadji, with the one closest to Nemadji listed first.
    • Dedham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
    • Oliver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
    • Moose Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Moose Junction is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
    • Saunders
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Saunders is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
    • Superior Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
    • Superior
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
    • South Range
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • South Range is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range

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

Cemeteries Near Nemadji ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nemadji.

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

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

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

  • Riverside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Barnum.
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 66 miles to the north).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165394 <2>
  • Oak Lake Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Elim Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nickerson Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Moose Lake.
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 71 miles to the north).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960065 <2>
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sandy Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (89 more) ...

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

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

  • Barnum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mahtowa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
  • Moose Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kerrick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Holyoke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
  • Otter Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
  • Sturgeon Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sawyer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
  • Willow River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Corona
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Corona is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
  • Carlton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Thomson is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
    • Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Cloquet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Dedham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
    • Fond du Lac
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac

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

Newspapers Published in Nemadji ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nemadji.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nemadji, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nemadji.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Nemadji:

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 Nemadji, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nemadji) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.