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 Saint Johns Landing Camp (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 Saint Johns Landing Camp. 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 Saint Johns Landing Camp ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Saint Johns Landing Camp: St. Johns Lndg. Camp (or less commonly used: St. Johns Lndng. Camp)
- While the name of this community is Saint Johns Landing Camp, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Saint Johns Landing Camp may originally have been Saint John's Landing Camp.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Saint Johns Landing Camp might be written as Saint John Landing Camp.
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 northwest 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 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.
Saint Johns Landing Camp 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 Saint Johns Landing Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp:
- Pine County (The home county of Saint Johns Landing Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns Landing Camp, with the one closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp listed first.
- Duxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Cloverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Askov
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sandstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Hinckley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bruno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bruno is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Beroun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beroun is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
- Finlayson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kerrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pine City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chisago County
- Rush City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns Landing Camp, with the one closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp listed first.
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Alpha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Siren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Siren is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Grantsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Webb Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Hertel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Randall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Bashaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Douglas County (WI)
- Moose Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Polk County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns Landing Camp, with the one closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp listed first.
- Frederic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frederic is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Clam Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Atlas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Luck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Luck is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Johns Landing Camp.
Cemeteries Near Saint Johns Landing Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Johns Landing Camp.
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 Saint Johns Landing Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Johns Landing Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Johns Landing Camp, with the one closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp listed first.
- Ogema Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lena Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Native American Burial Grounds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Danbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perida Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Karlsborg Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chelmo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (81 more) ...
- Danforth Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freya Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Saint Johns Landing Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Johns Landing Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Johns Landing Camp, with the one closest to Saint Johns Landing Camp listed first.
- Grantsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Sandstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Trade Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Trade Lake is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
- Hinckley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mission Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mission Creek is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
- Clam Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Finlayson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Randall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Bashaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Willow River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Denmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Denmark is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
- Rush City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Johns Landing Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Johns Landing Camp.
Newspapers Published in Saint Johns Landing Camp ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Johns Landing Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Johns Landing Camp, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Johns Landing Camp.
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 websites either 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 Saint Johns Landing Camp:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Pine County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chisago County
- Burnett County
- Douglas County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Saint Johns Landing Camp, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Johns Landing Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |