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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 Rose City (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 Rose City. 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 and doctors 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.

Rose City is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stearns, Stevens & Todd.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Rose City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose City, with the one closest to Rose City listed first.
    • Belle River
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Belle River is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
    • Miltona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Carlos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Nelson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Nelson is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Osakis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Alexandria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Garfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Millerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Millerville is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Forada
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brandon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Holmes City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Holmes City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes City
    • Evansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Morrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose City, with the one closest to Rose City listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln is located in Morrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Swanville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cushing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Motley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Otter Tail County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose City, with the one closest to Rose City listed first.
    • Parkers Prairie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Urbank
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Urbank is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbank
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Henning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vining
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Deer Creek is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
    • Nirvana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Nirvana is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nirvana
    • Wadena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wadena is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,121 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadena <1>
    • Clitherall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Leaf City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leaf City is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
    • Bluffton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Battle Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ottertail
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose City, with the one closest to Rose City listed first.
    • Villard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Westport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Westport is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Lowry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stearns County
    • Sauk Centre
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Todd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose City, with the one closest to Rose City listed first.
    • Clotho
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Clotho is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clotho
    • Eagle Bend
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarissa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bertha
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Browerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Browerville is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Long Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hewitt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hewitt is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • West Union
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • West Union is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Philbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Philbrook is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbrook
    • Pillsbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pillsbury is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
    • Staples
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grey Eagle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wadena County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rose City, with the one closest to Rose City listed first.
    • Verndale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Aldrich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Aldrich is located in Wadena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people

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

Cemeteries Near Rose City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rose City.

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 Rose City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Free Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Esther Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Scribbner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Spruce Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Faith Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Freemans Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Freemans Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • German Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (183 more) ...
    • Hope Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Swedish Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Emmanuel Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Miltona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Belle River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Belle River is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
  • Clotho
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Clotho is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clotho
  • Eagle Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkers Prairie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clarissa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Bertha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wrightstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
  • Nelson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Nelson is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Osakis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Browerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Browerville is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Leaf Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Leaf Valley is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf Valley
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Alexandria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hewitt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hewitt is located in Todd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people

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

Newspapers Published in Rose City ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rose City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rose City, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rose City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Rose City:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rose City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Rose City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.