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 Ogilvie (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 Ogilvie. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Ogilvie is located in Kanabec 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 Kanabec County: Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs & Pine.
Below are the counties that are near Ogilvie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ogilvie:
- Kanabec County (The home county of Ogilvie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Mora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Grasston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Quamba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quamba is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Aitkin County
- McGrath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Francis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Oak Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Ronneby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ronneby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronneby
- Foley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duelm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duelm is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duelm
- Chisago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Rush City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Isanti County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Dalbo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elm Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Park is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
- Braham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Minnesota Boys Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesota Boys Town is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Boys Town
- Isanti
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Weber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weber is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Mille Lacs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Bock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pease
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Foreston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Estes Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wahkon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Onamia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Isle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vineland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Morrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Ramey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ramey is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Hillman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morrill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morrill is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Pine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Henriette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Henriette is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Brook Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Pine City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beroun
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beroun is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
- Rock Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hinckley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Santiago
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Santiago is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
- Zimmerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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 <1>
- Orrock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orrock is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrock
- Burnett County (WI)
- Randall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ogilvie, see our County-by-County Page for Ogilvie.
Cemeteries Near Ogilvie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ogilvie.
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 Ogilvie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ogilvie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- St. Kathryn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Knife Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Borgholm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siloa Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wendell Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Maple Ridge Covenant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Ridge Free Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (134 more) ...
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- South Maple Ridge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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>
While we didn't find Ogilvie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ogilvie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ogilvie, with the one closest to Ogilvie listed first.
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brunswick is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Mora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalbo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Milaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Springvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springvale is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Braham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foreston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Stanchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Estes Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Point is located in Chisago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Spencer Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Spencer Brook is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Brook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ogilvie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ogilvie.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ogilvie ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogilvie.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ogilvie. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ogilvie and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ogilvie.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Ogilvie.
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 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 Ogilvie:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Kanabec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aitkin County
- Anoka County
- Benton County
- Chisago County
- Isanti County
- Mille Lacs County
- Morrison County
- Pine County
- Sherburne County
- Burnett 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> | 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 Ogilvie, 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' (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- Ogilvie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |