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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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian Grove: Norwegian 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 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.

Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail County: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Todd, Wadena & Wilkin.

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

  • Otter Tail County     (The home county of Norwegian Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norwegian Grove, with the one closest to Norwegian Grove listed first.
    • Pelican Rapids
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rothsay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Erhard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Edwards
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
    • Elizabeth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Vergas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Fergus Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Maine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Maine is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
    • Dent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Dent is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dent <1>
    • Amor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Amor is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amor
    • Underwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Richville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Becker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norwegian Grove, with the one closest to Norwegian Grove listed first.
    • Cormorant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cormorant is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
    • Bucks Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
    • Lake Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Audubon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Detroit Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Frazee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Callaway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rochert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norwegian Grove, with the one closest to Norwegian Grove listed first.
    • Rollag
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Rollag is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
    • Barnesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Baker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Baker is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Hawley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Muskoda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Muskoda is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
    • Sabin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sabin is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
    • Hitterdal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hitterdal is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Glyndon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Comstock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Comstock is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
    • Finkle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Finkle is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
    • Dilworth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Moorhead
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norwegian Grove, with the one closest to Norwegian Grove listed first.
    • Lawndale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
    • Foxhome
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Foxhome is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Wolverton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Wolverton is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Kent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Kent is located in Wilkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Breckenridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cass County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norwegian Grove, with the one closest to Norwegian Grove listed first.
    • Oxbow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Briarwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Wild Rice
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
  • Richland County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norwegian Grove, with the one closest to Norwegian Grove listed first.
    • Abercrombie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Christine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Wahpeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wahpeton is located in Richland County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Norwegian Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norwegian 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 Norwegian Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • West North Immanuel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • North Immanuel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Little Bethany Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Norwegian Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grove Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grove Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Aspelund Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ringsaker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Pelican Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • South Immanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (178 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Scambler Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pelican Valley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Norwegian Grove had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Tansem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Tansem is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansem
  • Lawndale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Pelican Rapids
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rollag
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rollag is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
  • Barnesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rothsay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Erhard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cormorant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cormorant is located in Becker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
  • Edwards
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Edwards is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Carlisle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Carlisle is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Elizabeth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bucks Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Downer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Downer is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
    • Baker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Baker is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Hawley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Norwegian 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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norwegian Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norwegian Grove, 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 Norwegian Grove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Norwegian Grove:

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>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 Norwegian Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norwegian Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.