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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 Rutledge (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 Rutledge. 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.

Rutledge is located in Pine 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 Pine County: Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Burnett (WI), Douglas (WI) & Polk (WI).

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

  • Pine County     (The home county of Rutledge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
    • Willow River
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Finlayson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Askov
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sturgeon Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Denham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Denham is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Sandstone
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bruno
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Bruno is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Kerrick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinckley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cloverdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Cloverdale is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Duxbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Duxbury is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
    • Brook Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Brook Park is located in Pine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Aitkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
    • McGrath
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Tamarack
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Carlton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rutledge, with the one closest to Rutledge listed first.
    • Moose Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Kettle River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Automba
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Automba is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
    • Barnum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mahtowa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
    • Holyoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
    • Cromwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Wright
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Sawyer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Otter Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
  • Kanabec County
    • Quamba
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Quamba is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
  • Mille Lacs County
    • Isle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • 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>

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

Cemeteries Near Rutledge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rutledge.

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

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

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Finnish Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow River City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vilstad Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Denham Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Spring Park Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bruno Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Faith Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...
    • St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Sturgeon Lake.
      • The St. Isidore's Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Isadors Cemetery
      • St. Isidore's Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960067 <2>
    • Sturgeon Lake Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Blomskog Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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 Rutledge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rutledge.

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

  • Finlayson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sandstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sturgeon Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Kerrick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Moose Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hinckley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Barnum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mission Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Mission Creek is located in Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
  • Mahtowa
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
  • Holyoke
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
  • Corona
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Corona is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Opstead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Opstead is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opstead
    • Wright
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Cromwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Rutledge ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rutledge.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rutledge:

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 Rutledge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Rutledge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.