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 Rustad (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 Rustad. 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 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.
Rustad is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Cass (ND) & Richland (ND).
Below are the counties that are near Rustad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rustad:
- Clay County (The home county of Rustad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rustad, with the one closest to Rustad listed first.
- Finkle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Sabin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Comstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Comstock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Moorhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Baker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Dilworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glyndon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Barnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kragnes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Muskoda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Hawley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Norman County
- Perley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perley is located in Norman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Otter Tail County
- Rothsay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rustad, with the one closest to Rustad listed first.
- Wolverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kent is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lawndale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Cass County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rustad, with the one closest to Rustad listed first.
- Wild Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Briarwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Oxbow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Frontier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Prairie Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Horace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Fargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Reile's Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Kindred
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North River is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Davenport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richland County (ND)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rustad, with the one closest to Rustad listed first.
- Christine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walcott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abercrombie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Colfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Barrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrie is located in Richland County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
- Galchutt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Galchutt is located in Richland County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
- Dwight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dwight is located in Richland County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rustad, see our County-by-County Page for Rustad.
Cemeteries Near Rustad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rustad.
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 Rustad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rustad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rustad, with the one closest to Rustad listed first.
- Lower Wild Rice & Red River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clara Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Comstock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sabin Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hemnes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Brink Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink Cemetery
- The Brink Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horace Lutheran Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Rustad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rustad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rustad, with the one closest to Rustad listed first.
- Wild Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Hickson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickson is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickson
- Comstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Comstock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Finkle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Sabin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Horace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Moorhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Baker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Fargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dilworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Christine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Downer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Downer is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Glyndon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rustad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rustad.
Newspapers Published in Rustad ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rustad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rustad, 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 Rustad.
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 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 Rustad:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Norman County
- Otter Tail County
- Wilkin County
- Cass County
- Richland 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> | 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- Rustad) 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 Rustad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |