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 Round Lake (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 Round Lake. 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 Round Lake ...
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 Round Lake: Round Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Round Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Round Lake.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Round Lake is located in Nobles 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 Nobles County: Lyon (IA), Osceola (IA), Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray & Rock.
Below are the counties that are near Round Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Round Lake:
- Nobles County (The home county of Round Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Org
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Org is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Org
- Brewster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brewster is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Bigelow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bigelow is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Reading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reading is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Ransom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ransom is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Rushmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rushmore is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Kinbrae
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kinbrae is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinbrae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dundee is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Wilmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lismore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lismore is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood County
- Windom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Sioux Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sioux Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Valley
- Okabena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Okabena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Lakefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heron Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wilder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilder is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Alpha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Fulda
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Avoca is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Iona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clay County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Fostoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fostoria is located in Clay County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Everly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Everly is located in Clay County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Langdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Langdon is located in Clay County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Dickinson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Lake Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wahpeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wahpeton is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Okoboji
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Orleans is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Arnolds Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spirit Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Okoboji
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Okoboji is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Okoboji
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Superior
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Terril
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terril is located in Dickinson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terril
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Lyon County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Little Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- George
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- O'Brien County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Hartley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hartley is located in O'Brien County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Sanborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moneta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moneta is located in O'Brien County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
- Sheldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Ocheyedan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ocheyedan is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheyedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Allendorf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allendorf is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendorf
- May City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- May City is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Sibley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Melvin is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Ashton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sioux County (IA)
- Matlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Round Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Round Lake.
Cemeteries Near Round Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Round Lake.
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 Round Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Round Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Round Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Indian Lake Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horton Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worthington Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sioux Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ocheyedan Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (110 more) ...
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hersey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Round Lake had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Round Lake had a population of 364 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Round Lake, with the one closest to Round Lake listed first.
- Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Ocheyedan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ocheyedan is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheyedan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Sioux Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sioux Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Valley
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Org
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Org is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Org
- Bigelow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bigelow is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Brewster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brewster is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- May City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- May City is located in Osceola County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May City
- Sibley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Okabena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Okabena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Lakefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Rushmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rushmore is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Okoboji
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kinbrae
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kinbrae is located in Nobles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinbrae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Round Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Round Lake.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Round Lake ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Round Lake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Round Lake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Round Lake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Round Lake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Round Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Round Lake:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Nobles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cottonwood County
- Jackson County
- Murray County
- Clay County
- Dickinson County
- Lyon County
- O'Brien County
- Osceola County
- Sioux 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> | 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 Round Lake, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Round Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |