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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 Pine City (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 Pine City. 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 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.

Pine City is located in Pine County and is the County Seat.

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 Pine County: Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Burnett (WI), Douglas (WI) & Polk (WI).

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

  • Pine County     (The home county of Pine City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine City, with the one closest to Pine City listed first.
    • Beroun
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rock Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Henriette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Henriette is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Brook Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Brook Park is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Hinckley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandstone
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Askov
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Finlayson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rutledge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Rutledge is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Duxbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chisago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine City, with the one closest to Pine City listed first.
    • Rush City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Harris
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • North Branch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Almelund
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Stacy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Center City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Lindstrom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Isanti County
  • Kanabec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine City, with the one closest to Pine City listed first.
    • Grasston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Quamba
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Quamba is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Mora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Coin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ogilvie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Mille Lacs County
    • Bock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bock is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bock <1>
  • Burnett County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine City, with the one closest to Pine City listed first.
    • Randall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
    • Grantsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Alpha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Siren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Webster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Webster is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
  • Polk County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine City, with the one closest to Pine City listed first.
    • Atlas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Frederic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Frederic is located in Polk County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • Luck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Luck is located in Polk County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
    • Milltown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Milltown is located in Polk County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people

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

Cemeteries Near Pine City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine City.

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 Pine City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pine City had a population of 535 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pine City had a population of 3,152 people.

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

  • Rock Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rush City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Grass Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
  • Mission Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mission Creek is located in Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
  • Randall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Braham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rush Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rush Point is located in Chisago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
  • Hinckley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Stanchfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Grantsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Brunswick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Brunswick is located in Kanabec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Harris
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Mora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Stark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Stark is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Spring Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Spring Lake is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pine City ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pine City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pine City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pine City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Pine City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pine City:

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