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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 Rossburg (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 Rossburg. 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 northeast 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 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.

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

  • Aitkin County     (The home county of Rossburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
    • Hassman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Hassman is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassman
    • Kimberly
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
    • Aitkin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Palisade
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Wealthwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wealthwood is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthwood
    • McGregor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Malmo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Malmo is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
    • Nichols
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nichols is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
    • Minnewawa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Minnewawa is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnewawa
    • Libby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Libby is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
    • Tamarack
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • McGrath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Carlton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
    • Automba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Automba is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
    • Wright
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Cass County
  • Crow Wing County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
    • Deerwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bay Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bay Lake is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
    • Cuyuna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Cuyuna is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyuna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
    • Crosby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Crosby is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,315 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crosby <1>
    • Ironton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Garrison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Trommald
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Trommald is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trommald
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Riverton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Riverton is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
    • Emily
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Emily is located in Crow Wing County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emily <1>
    • Crosslake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fifty Lakes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Merrifield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Mille Lacs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
    • Isle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Vineland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Wahkon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Rossburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rossburg.

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

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

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

  • Church of the Blessed Virgin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Forest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Rabbit Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Saron Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Diamond Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fleming Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (70 more) ...
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Calvary Baptist Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rossburg had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Kimberly
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
  • Aitkin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • McGregor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Malmo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Malmo is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
  • Deerwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Nichols
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nichols is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
  • Garrison
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Opstead
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Opstead is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opstead
  • Libby
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Libby is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
  • Tamarack
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Vineland
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
  • Wright
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Rossburg ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rossburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rossburg, 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 Rossburg.

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 Rossburg:

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