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 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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Red Lake Falls: Red Lk. Falls
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Red Lake Falls. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red Lake 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake 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 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)
- Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Plummer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plummer is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Brooks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Red Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Oklee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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)
- Viking is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Holt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Holt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- 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)
- Rindal is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindal
- Flaming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flaming is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming
- 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)
- Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Thief River Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Erie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Goodridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goodridge is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodridge
- 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)
- Gentilly is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
- Dugdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dugdale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
- Mentor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shirley is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Crookston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Euclid is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Melvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Melvin is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Erskine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fertile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McIntosh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Beltrami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beltrami is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Trail
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Trail is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- 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.
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.
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 Red Lake Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cyr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huot Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Dorothy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clearwater Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Hilaire Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- 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)
- Clara Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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.<3>
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)
- Gentilly is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
- Dugdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dugdale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdale
- Benoit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benoit is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Burwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burwell is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Mentor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shirley is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Crookston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bay
- Euclid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Euclid is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Melvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Melvin is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Hixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hixon is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
- Erskine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Freeman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Viking
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Viking is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- 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.
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]<4>. 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 professional and volunteer 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 Red Lake Falls:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Red Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marshall County
- Norman County
- Pennington County
- Polk 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 Red Lake Falls, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Red Lake Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |