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 Point Douglas (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 Point Douglas. 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 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.
Point Douglas is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, Pierce (WI), Polk (WI) & Saint Croix (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Point Douglas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Point Douglas:
- Washington County (The home county of Point Douglas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Cottage Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Afton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marys Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Woodbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland Shores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Landfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Lake Elmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Hastings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nininger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Vermillion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coates is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- New Trier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Trier is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Inver Grove Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunfish Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Saint Paul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Welch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cannon Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Red Wing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Stanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Goodhue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wangs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Hader
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Dennison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellechester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Bloomington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Richfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Minneapolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Anthony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Highwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Saint Paul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Canada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Falcon Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vadnais Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- White Bear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- White Bear Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- Cardigan Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Lauderdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Northfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nerstrand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Savage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elko New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elko New Market is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,733 people
- Elko
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prior Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pierce County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Prescott
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Trimbelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Moeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Beldenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Ellsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Morton Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Hager City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Martell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Martell is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Bay City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- El Paso
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Olivet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Saint Croix County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- North Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Burkhardt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Hammond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Somerset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Erin Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- New Richmond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Point Douglas, see our County-by-County Page for Point Douglas.
Cemeteries Near Point Douglas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Point Douglas.
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 Point Douglas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Point Douglas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Leavitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Luke's Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hasting State Asylum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Irish Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Glen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Veterans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lyon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, Point Douglas had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Point Douglas, with the one closest to Point Douglas listed first.
- Prescott
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Hastings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Etter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Etter is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
- Vermillion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Afton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Bend is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bend
- New Trier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Trier is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Eggleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eggleston is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggleston
- Diamond Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Trimbelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Rich Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rich Valley is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Point Douglas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Point Douglas.
Newspapers Published in Point Douglas ...
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 351 newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Douglas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Point Douglas, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Point Douglas.
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 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 Point Douglas:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Scott County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix 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 Point Douglas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Point Douglas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |