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 Plummer (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 Plummer. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Plummer is located in Red Lake 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 Red Lake County: Pennington & Polk.

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

• Red Lake County     (The home county of Plummer)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
  • Brooks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Oklee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oklee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklee
    • Oklee is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oklee <2>
  • Red Lake Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Falls
    • Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake Falls <2>
  • Dorothy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dorothy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
• Clearwater County
  • Gonvick
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gonvick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonvick
    • Gonvick is located in Clearwater County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gonvick <2>
• Marshall County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
  • Holt
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Viking
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Espelie
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espelie
    • Espelie is located in Marshall County
• Norman County
  • Rindal
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rindal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
    • Rindal is located in Norman County
• Pennington County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
  • Saint Hilaire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Hilaire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Thief River Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thief River Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thief River Falls
    • Thief River Falls is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thief River Falls <2>
  • Erie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Pennington County
  • Goodridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
    • Goodridge is located in Pennington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
• Polk County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
  • Mentor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
    • Mentor is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <2>
  • Erskine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
    • Erskine is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erskine <2>
  • Trail
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
    • Trail is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Dugdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Dugdale is located in Polk County
  • McIntosh
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • McIntosh is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
  • Gentilly
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
  • Gully
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gully have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gully
    • Gully is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Melvin
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Polk County
  • Winger
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winger
    • Winger is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winger <2>
  • Shirley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
  • Crookston
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookston
    • Crookston is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crookston <2>
  • Euclid
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Euclid is located in Polk County

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

Cemeteries Near Plummer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plummer.

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 Plummer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Clearwater Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clearwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Finnish Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Clearwater Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clearwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Clara Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clara Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clara Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • 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.
• St. Anthony Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Presbyterian Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Josephs Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Oak Grove Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Zion Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (128 more) ...
  • Salem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauli Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauli Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauli Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

While we didn't find Plummer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plummer.

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

• Mentor
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
  • Mentor is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <2>
• Erskine
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Erskine is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erskine <2>
• Dugdale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
  • Dugdale is located in Polk County
• Gentilly
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Gentilly is located in Polk County
• McIntosh
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
  • McIntosh is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntosh <2>
• Maple Bay
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
  • Maple Bay is located in Polk County
• Benoit
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benoit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Benoit is located in Polk County
• Olga
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Olga is located in Polk County
• Burwell
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Burwell is located in Polk County
• Melvin
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
  • Melvin is located in Polk County
• Holt
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Holt is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
• Winger
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winger
  • Winger is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winger <2>
• Continue List   (7 more) ...
  • Viking
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Shirley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
  • Crookston
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookston
    • Crookston is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crookston <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Plummer ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plummer.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Plummer. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Plummer and those printed in the larger area surrounding Plummer.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5> of Plummer.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Plummer:

• Websites specific to Minnesota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Minnesota State Archives

• Pages specific to Red Lake County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Clearwater County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Marshall County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Norman County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Pennington County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Polk County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Red Lake County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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