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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 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Rutledge is located in Pine County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
      • Denham is located in Pine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Sandstone
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
      • Sandstone is located in Pine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,554 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandstone <1>
    • Bruno
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
      • Bruno is located in Pine County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Cloverdale is located in Pine County
    • Duxbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
      • Duxbury is located in Pine County
    • Brook Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brook Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
      • Brook Park is located in Pine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Beroun
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
      • Beroun is located in Pine County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGrath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrath
      • McGrath is located in Aitkin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGrath <1>
    • Tamarack
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tamarack have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Tamarack is located in Aitkin County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle River
      • Kettle River is located in Carlton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kettle River <1>
    • Automba
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Automba
      • Automba is located in Carlton County
    • Barnum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mahtowa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
      • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
    • Holyoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holyoke have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
      • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
    • Cromwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
      • Cromwell is located in Carlton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cromwell <1>
    • Wright
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wright have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Wright is located in Carlton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wright <1>
    • Sawyer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Sawyer is located in Carlton County
    • Otter Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
      • Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
  • Kanabec County
    • Quamba
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quamba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quamba
      • Quamba is located in Kanabec County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
  • Mille Lacs County
    • Isle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle
      • Isle is located in Mille Lacs County
      • 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.

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]<3>. 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 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 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow River City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow River City Cemetery
  • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Vilstad Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vilstad Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vilstad Lutheran Cemetery
  • Denham Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denham Cemetery
  • Spring Park Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Park Cemetery
  • Bruno Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bruno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bruno Cemetery
  • Faith Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...

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.<5>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
    • Sandstone is located in Pine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,554 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandstone <1>
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
    • Mission Creek is located in Pine County
  • Mahtowa
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
    • Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
  • Holyoke
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holyoke have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
    • Holyoke is located in Carlton County
  • Corona
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
    • Corona is located in Carlton County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Opstead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opstead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opstead
      • Opstead is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Cromwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
      • Cromwell is located in Carlton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cromwell <1>
    • Wright
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wright have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Wright is located in Carlton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wright <1>

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rutledge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pine County: www.pinecounty.org/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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- Rutledge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rutledge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2570, Longitude: -92.8696       In this case, the coordinates for Rutledge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.




 

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