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 Vincent (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 Vincent. 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 Vincent ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Vincent: St. Vincent

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 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 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 Vincent is located in Kittson 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 Kittson County: Marshall, Roseau, Pembina (ND) & Walsh (ND).

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

• Kittson County     (The home county of Saint Vincent)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Vincent, with the one closest to Saint Vincent listed first.
  • Noyes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noyes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes
    • Noyes is located in Kittson County
  • Humboldt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
    • Humboldt is located in Kittson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
  • Hallock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
    • Hallock is located in Kittson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallock <2>
  • Lancaster
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Lancaster is located in Kittson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <2>
  • Kennedy
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Kennedy is located in Kittson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennedy <2>
  • Lake Bronson
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bronson
    • Lake Bronson is located in Kittson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Bronson <2>
• Pembina County (ND)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Vincent, with the one closest to Saint Vincent listed first.
  • Pembina
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pembina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
    • Pembina is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembina <2>
  • Huron City ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huron City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron City
    • Huron City is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • McArthur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
    • McArthur is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Joliette
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
    • Joliette is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Bathgate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bathgate
    • Bathgate is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bathgate <2>
  • Neche
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neche have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neche
    • Neche is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neche <2>
  • Hamilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
    • Hamilton is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <2>
  • Bowesmont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowesmont
    • Bowesmont is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Glasston
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasston
    • Glasston is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasston <2>
  • Cavalier
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cavalier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavalier
    • Cavalier is located in Pembina County (ND)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cavalier <2>
  • Pittsburgh
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
    • Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Backoo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
    • Backoo is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Leroy
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Pembina County (ND)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Saint Vincent ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Vincent.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Saint Vincent. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Saint Vincent and those printed in the larger area surrounding Saint Vincent.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Saint Vincent.

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 Vincent:

• Websites specific to Minnesota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Minnesota State Archives

• Pages specific to Kittson County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Pembina County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Kittson County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota

Cemeteries Near Saint Vincent ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Vincent.

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 Saint Vincent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• St. Vincent Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent Cemetery
• Lutheran Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
• Pembina Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pembina Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pembina Cemetery
• Emerson Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Emerson Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Emerson (MB).
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emerson Cemetery
• Old Emerson Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Emerson Cemetery
• Bradley Grave Site
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradley Grave Site
• Joe River Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Joe River Cemetery
• Evangelical Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evangelical Cemetery is located outside and to the north of McArthur (ND).
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
• Lakeside Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
• Humboldt Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Humboldt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humboldt Cemetery
• Friedensthal Lutheran Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • The Friedensthal Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Fredensthal Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friedensthal Lutheran Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2491707 <4>
• Joliette Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Joliette Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2303451 <4>
• Continue List   (84 more) ...
  • Bathgate Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bathgate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bathgate Cemetery
  • St. Pie Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • The St. Pie Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Pie RC Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pie Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548201 <4>
  • South Ridge Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The South Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ridgeville Cemetery
    • South Junction Our Lady of Assumption RC Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Ridge Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saint Vincent had a population of 349 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Saint Vincent had a population of 60 people.

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

• Pembina
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pembina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
  • Pembina is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembina <2>
• Humboldt
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
  • Humboldt is located in Kittson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
• Joliette
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
  • Joliette is located in Pembina County (ND)
• Bathgate
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bathgate
  • Bathgate is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bathgate <2>
• Northcote
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northcote have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcote
  • Northcote is located in Kittson County
• Neche
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neche have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neche
  • Neche is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neche <2>
• Hamilton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <2>
• Bowesmont
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowesmont
  • Bowesmont is located in Pembina County (ND)
• Hallock
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
  • Hallock is located in Kittson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallock <2>
• Glasston
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasston
  • Glasston is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasston <2>
• Mattson
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mattson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
  • Mattson is located in Kittson County
• Cavalier
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cavalier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavalier
  • Cavalier is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cavalier <2>
• Continue List   (9 more) ...
  • Backoo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
    • Backoo is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Pittsburgh
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
    • Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County (ND)
  • Leroy
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Pembina County (ND)

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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