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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 Red Lake Falls (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 Red Lake Falls. 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.

Name Variations for Red Lake Falls ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Red Lake Falls: Red Lk. Falls

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake County and is the County Seat.

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 Red Lake Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Lake Falls:

  • Red Lake County     (The home county of Red Lake Falls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Lake Falls, with the one closest to Red Lake Falls listed first.
    • Dorothy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorothy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
      • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
    • Plummer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
      • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Brooks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • 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>
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Lake Falls, with the one closest to Red Lake Falls listed first.
    • Viking
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
      • Viking is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Holt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Norman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Lake Falls, with the one closest to Red Lake Falls listed first.
    • Rindal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rindal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
      • Rindal is located in Norman County
    • Flaming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flaming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
      • Flaming is located in Norman County
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Lake Falls, with the one closest to Red Lake Falls listed first.
    • Saint Hilaire
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Erie is located in Pennington County
    • Goodridge
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Red Lake Falls, with the one closest to Red Lake Falls listed first.
    • Gentilly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
      • Gentilly is located in Polk County
    • Dugdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
      • Dugdale is located in Polk County
    • Mentor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Crookston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Euclid
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
      • Euclid is located in Polk County
    • Melvin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
      • Melvin is located in Polk County
    • Erskine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erskine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • 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>
    • Fertile
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • McIntosh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Fisher
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Beltrami
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beltrami have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
      • Beltrami is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Trail
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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

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

Newspapers Published in Red Lake Falls ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Lake Falls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Lake Falls, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Lake Falls.

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 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 Red Lake Falls:

Cemeteries Near Red Lake Falls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Lake Falls.

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 Red Lake Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Cyr Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cyr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cyr Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
  • Huot Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huot Cemetery
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
  • St. Dorothy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Dorothy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Dorothy Cemetery
  • Clearwater Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
  • St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
  • St. Hilaire Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hilaire Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hilaire Cemetery
  • St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (131 more) ...
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Clara Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clara Cemetery
    • Black River Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Gentilly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
  • Dugdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
    • Dugdale is located in Polk County
  • Benoit
    (13 miles [20.9 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
  • Burwell
    (14 miles [22.5 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
  • Mentor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Shirley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
  • Crookston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Bay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Euclid
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
  • Melvin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
    • Melvin is located in Polk County
  • Hixon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hixon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
    • Hixon is located in Polk County
  • Erskine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erskine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • 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>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Freeman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Freeman is located in Polk County
    • Viking
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
      • Viking is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Fertile
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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- Red Lake Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Lake Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8844, Longitude: -96.2744       In this case, the coordinates for Red Lake Falls 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.
<5>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 Red Lake Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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