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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 Rauch (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 Rauch. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Rauch is located in Koochiching 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 Koochiching County: Beltrami, Itasca, Lake of the Woods & Saint Louis.

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

  • Itasca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rauch, with the one closest to Rauch listed first.
    • Effie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Effie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
      • Effie is located in Itasca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effie <2>
    • Bigfork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Louis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rauch, with the one closest to Rauch listed first.
    • Nett Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nett Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nett Lake
      • Nett Lake is located in Saint Louis County
    • Bear River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
      • Bear River is located in Saint Louis County
    • Gheen Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheen Corner
      • Gheen Corner is located in Saint Louis County
    • Orr
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Orr is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orr <2>
    • Side Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Side Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Side Lake
      • Side Lake is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Side Lake <2>
    • Cook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
      • Cook is located in Saint Louis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <2>
    • Angora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angora
      • Angora is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angora <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Rauch ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rauch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rauch, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rauch.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Rauch:

Cemeteries Near Rauch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rauch.

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

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

  • Silverdale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silverdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silverdale Cemetery
  • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
  • Greaney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greaney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greaney Cemetery
  • Carpenter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Cemetery
  • Celina Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bearville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bearville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bearville Cemetery
  • Morcom Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morcom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morcom Cemetery
  • Willow Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Valley Cemetery
  • Bois Forte Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bois Forte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bois Forte Cemetery
  • Leiding Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leiding Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leiding Cemetery
  • Little Fork Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Fork Cemetery
  • Fredheim Norwegian Church Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fredheim Norwegian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredheim Norwegian Church Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Alango Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alango Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alango Cemetery
    • Cook Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cook Cemetery
    • Dentaybow Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dentaybow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dentaybow Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Koochiching County: www.co.koochiching.mn.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rauch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rauch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9588, Longitude: -93.1457       In this case, the coordinates for Rauch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.









 

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