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 Saginaw (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 Saginaw. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Saginaw is located in Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County: Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake & Douglas (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Saginaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saginaw:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Saginaw)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saginaw, with the one closest to Saginaw listed first.
- Twig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twig is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
- Brookston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hermantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
- Canyon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Proctor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oneota
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oneota is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- Arnold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Arnold is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Duluth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gary is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- New Duluth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Meadowlands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Carlton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saginaw, with the one closest to Saginaw listed first.
- Cloquet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scanlon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Scanlon is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Esko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Sawyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Otter Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Wrenshall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mahtowa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Cromwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holyoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Barnum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saginaw, with the one closest to Saginaw listed first.
- Oliver
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Superior
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Superior Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Saunders
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Dedham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- South Range
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Range is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saginaw, see our County-by-County Page for Saginaw.
Cemeteries Near Saginaw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saginaw.
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 Saginaw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saginaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saginaw, with the one closest to Saginaw listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brevator Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Solway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Industrial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brevator Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Independence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canosia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- The Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Indian Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82587 <2>
- Culver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (72 more) ...
- St. Matthew's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Birch Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Saginaw in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saginaw.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saginaw, with the one closest to Saginaw listed first.
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Cloquet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- West Duluth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duluth
- Sawyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Fond du Lac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Smithville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Oneota
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oneota is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- Otter Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Duluth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Duluth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Superior
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Corona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corona is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Pokegama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pokegama is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saginaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saginaw.
Newspapers Published in Saginaw ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saginaw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saginaw, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saginaw.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Saginaw:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carlton County
- Douglas 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> | 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 Saginaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saginaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |