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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 Northome (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 Northome. 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.

Northome is located in Koochiching County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Koochiching County: Beltrami, Itasca, Lake of the Woods & Saint Louis.

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

  • Koochiching County     (The home county of Northome)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northome, with the one closest to Northome listed first.
    • Mizpah
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mizpah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
      • Mizpah is located in Koochiching County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Gemmell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gemmell
      • Gemmell is located in Koochiching County
    • Margie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margie
      • Margie is located in Koochiching County
    • Big Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
      • Big Falls is located in Koochiching County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Falls <2>
  • Beltrami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northome, with the one closest to Northome listed first.
    • Shooks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
      • Shooks is located in Beltrami County
    • Kelliher
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Funkley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkley
      • Funkley is located in Beltrami County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
    • Blackduck
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Langor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langor
      • Langor is located in Beltrami County
    • Shotley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotley
      • Shotley is located in Beltrami County
    • Quiring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiring
      • Quiring is located in Beltrami County
    • Saum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saum
      • Saum is located in Beltrami County
    • Hines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Waskish
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tenstrike
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Nebish
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebish
      • Nebish is located in Beltrami County
    • Pennington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Itasca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northome, with the one closest to Northome listed first.
    • Dora Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Lake
      • Dora Lake is located in Itasca County
    • Wirt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wirt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirt
      • Wirt is located in Itasca County
    • Squaw Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squaw Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Lake
      • Squaw Lake is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Squaw Lake <2>
    • Max
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Max have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Max
      • Max is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Max <2>
    • Spring Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Spring Lake is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Lake <2>
    • Bigfork
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Effie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Effie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
      • Effie is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effie <2>
    • Talmoon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmoon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmoon
      • Talmoon is located in Itasca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talmoon <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Northome ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northome.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northome, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northome.

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 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 Northome:

Cemeteries Near Northome ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northome.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
  • Oakum Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakum Cemetery
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mizpah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mizpah Cemetery
  • Bergville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bergville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bergville Cemetery
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Grove Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Grattan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grattan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grattan Cemetery
  • Oak Hill - Gemmell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill - Gemmell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill - Gemmell Cemetery
  • Moose Park Twp. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moose Park Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moose Park Twp. Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Popple Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Popple Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Popple Cemetery
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Rosy Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosy Cemetery
    • Cormant Twp. Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cormant Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cormant Twp. Cemetery
    • Langor Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langor Cemetery

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Northome. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Koochiching County: www.co.koochiching.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Northome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8752, Longitude: -94.2668       In this case, the coordinates for Northome have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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