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 Pease (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 Pease. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pease is located in Mille Lacs 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 Mille Lacs County: Aitkin, Benton, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Morrison & Sherburne.
Below are the counties that are near Pease. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pease:
- Mille Lacs County (The home county of Pease)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Milaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foreston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Estes Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Bock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Onamia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wahkon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Nowthen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nowthen is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowthen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,732 people
- Saint Francis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers Corner is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Corner
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Oak Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Ronneby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ronneby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronneby
- Foley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Duelm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duelm is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duelm
- Sauk Rapids
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Watab
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Watab is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watab
- Evergreen Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Rice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Isanti County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Dalbo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elm Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elm Park is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Crown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Grandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stanchfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Braham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Isanti
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesota Boys Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesota Boys Town is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Boys Town
- Weber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weber is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Kanabec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Ogilvie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Mora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grasston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Quamba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quamba is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Morrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Ramey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Morrill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morrill is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Hillman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckman is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Genola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Genola is located in Morrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Pierz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lastrup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine County
- Henriette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henriette is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Sherburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Santiago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Santiago is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
- Zimmerman
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Orrock is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrock
- Becker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cable
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cable is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Clear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Big Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elk River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salida is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
- Stearns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Saint Cloud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Sartell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waite Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Stephen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Clearwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hasty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hasty is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Otsego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pease, see our County-by-County Page for Pease.
Cemeteries Near Pease ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pease.
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 Pease - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pease covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Milo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wendell Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chase Brook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chase Brook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Borgholm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (150 more) ...
- Greenbush Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Knoll Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1402770 <2>
- Elwell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Pease in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pease.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pease, with the one closest to Pease listed first.
- Milaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foreston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Estes Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Oak Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Foley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dalbo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Santiago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Santiago is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
- Gilman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Parent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parent is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
- Duelm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duelm is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duelm
- Spencer Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Brook is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Brook
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Zimmerman
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- Springvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Springvale is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Orrock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Orrock is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pease. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pease.
Newspapers Published in Pease ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pease.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pease, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pease.
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 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 Pease:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Mille Lacs County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Benton County
- Isanti County
- Kanabec County
- Morrison County
- Pine County
- Sherburne County
- Stearns County
- Wright 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> | 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 Pease, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pease) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |