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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 Redtop (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 Redtop. 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.

Redtop is located in Aitkin 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 Aitkin County: Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine & Saint Louis.

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

  • Aitkin County     (The home county of Redtop)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redtop, with the one closest to Redtop listed first.
    • McGrath
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Malmo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Malmo is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
    • Wealthwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wealthwood is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthwood
    • Nichols
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nichols is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
    • Kimberly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
    • Aitkin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • McGregor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Carlton County
    • Automba
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Automba is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
  • Crow Wing County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redtop, with the one closest to Redtop listed first.
    • Garrison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bay Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay Lake is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
  • Kanabec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redtop, with the one closest to Redtop listed first.
    • Quamba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quamba is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Mora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Mora is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,583 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <1>
    • Ogilvie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Grasston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Coin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Coin is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
  • Mille Lacs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redtop, with the one closest to Redtop listed first.
    • Isle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Isle is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isle <1>
    • Wahkon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Onamia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Vineland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Bock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Bock is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bock <1>
  • Morrison County
    • Hillman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redtop, with the one closest to Redtop listed first.
    • Finlayson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Brook Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Brook Park is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Henriette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Henriette is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henriette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Hinckley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutledge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rutledge is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Sandstone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Denham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Denham is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Beroun
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Beroun is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
    • Willow River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Askov
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Sturgeon Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Redtop ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redtop.

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 Redtop - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Redtop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Redtop Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Isle Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holden Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ostlund Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pliny Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Foster Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Malmo Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crosier Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (77 more) ...
    • Wagner Twp. Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jewitt Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Opstead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Opstead is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opstead
  • Malmo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Malmo is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
  • Vineland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
  • Mora
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Mora is located in Kanabec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,583 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mora <1>
  • Nichols
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nichols is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
  • Finlayson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Garrison
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Hinckley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mission Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mission Creek is located in Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
  • Sandstone
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Rossburg
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
  • Kimberly
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Brunswick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Brunswick is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
    • Willow River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Aitkin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Redtop ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redtop.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redtop, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Redtop.

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 Redtop:

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>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 Redtop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Redtop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.