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 Marys Point (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 Marys Point. 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 Marys Point ...
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 Marys Point: St. Marys Pt.
- While the name of this city is Saint Marys Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Saint Marys Point may originally have been Saint Mary's Point.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Saint Marys Point might be written as Saint Mary Point.
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 southwest 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 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.
Saint Marys Point is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, Pierce (WI), Polk (WI) & Saint Croix (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Saint Marys Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Marys Point:
- Washington County (The home county of Saint Marys Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Afton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeland Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bayport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Elmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Park Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lino Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Circle Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Fridley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- City of Columbus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- City of Columbus is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Columbus
- Estimated population in 2015: 4,007 people
- Coon Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Nininger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Hastings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- South Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Inver Grove Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunfish Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lilydale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lilydale is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Coates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coates is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Rosemount
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mendota Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vermillion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mendota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Welch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Red Wing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cannon Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Saint Anthony
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Minneapolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Richfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Edina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Robbinsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Golden Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crystal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Highwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- North Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- White Bear Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- White Bear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Little Canada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vadnais Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardigan Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- North Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pierce County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- River Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Prescott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Trimbelle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Beldenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Morton Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Ellsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Martell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Martell is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Moeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- El Paso
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Hager City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Olivet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Polk County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Horse Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Osceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Polk County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Saint Croix County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- North Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Burkhardt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Somerset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- New Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Baldwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Erin Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Star Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Deer Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Marys Point, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Marys Point.
Cemeteries Near Saint Marys Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Marys Point.
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 Marys Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Marys Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- St. Paulus Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Evergreen Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Memorial Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lakeland.
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fahlstrom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mann Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rentz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Daniel Vollmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Lucas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Marys Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Marys Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Marys Point, with the one closest to Saint Marys Point listed first.
- Afton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Lakeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glover is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- North Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- River Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Lake Elmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Langdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Stillwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Houlton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Houlton is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houlton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Point Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Point Douglas is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Douglas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Marys Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Marys Point.
Newspapers Published in Saint Marys Point ...
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 344 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Marys Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Marys Point, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Marys Point.
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 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 Saint Marys Point:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Saint Croix 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 Marys Point, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Marys Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |