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 Rocky Creek Estates (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 Rocky Creek Estates. 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 Rocky Creek Estates ...
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 Rocky Creek Estates: Rocky Crk. Ests. (or less commonly used: Rocky Ck. Ests. or Rocky Cr. Ests.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rocky Creek Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rocky Creek Estates.
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 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.
Rocky Creek Estates is located in Olmsted 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 Olmsted County: Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Mower, Wabasha & Winona.
Below are the counties that are near Rocky Creek Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rocky Creek Estates:
- Olmsted County (The home county of Rocky Creek Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Rochester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Oronoco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Potsdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Potsdam is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Simpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Byron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Post Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Post Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town
- Predmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Predmore is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Predmore
- Shanty Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Eyota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stewartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Dell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Kasson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mantorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dodge Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hayfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westfield Center ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westfield Center is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Claremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fillmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Chatfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wykoff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ostrander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carimona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carimona is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carimona
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Pine Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roscoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roscoe is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Zumbrota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bellechester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Wanamingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goodhue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hader
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Belle Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Kenyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Racine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grand Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sargeant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sargeant is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargeant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Dexter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Renova ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Waltham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Brownsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steele County
- Rice Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rice Lake is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Wabasha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Jarrett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Mazeppa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zumbro Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Millville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kellogg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Wabasha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minneiska
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reads Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Saint Charles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Saratoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Beaver ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Altura
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clyde is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Lewiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pepin County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Lakeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Pepin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rocky Creek Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Rocky Creek Estates.
Cemeteries Near Rocky Creek Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Creek Estates.
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 Rocky Creek Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rocky Creek Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rochester.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82040 <2>
- Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rosamount Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boynton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grandview Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Haverhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fitch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Rocky Creek Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocky Creek Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rocky Creek Estates, with the one closest to Rocky Creek Estates listed first.
- Rochester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Oronoco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Simpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Potsdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Potsdam is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- South Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Troy is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Troy
- Eyota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hammond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Rock Dell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Stewartville
(13 miles [20.9 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 Rocky Creek Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocky Creek Estates.
Newspapers Published in Rocky Creek Estates ...
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 171 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Creek Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Creek Estates, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Creek Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Rocky Creek Estates:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Olmsted County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dodge County
- Fillmore County
- Goodhue County
- Mower County
- Steele County
- Wabasha County
- Winona County
- Pepin 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 Rocky Creek Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rocky Creek Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |