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 Savage (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 Savage. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Savage is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice & Sibley.
Below are the counties that are near Savage. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Savage:
- Scott County (The home county of Savage)
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Prior Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Shakopee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marystown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Cedar Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lake is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Patrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Patrick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Elko New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elko New Market is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,733 people
- Elko
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jordan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Prague
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Columbia Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Fridley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coon Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Circle Pines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coon Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anoka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Chanhassen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chaska
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hazeltine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazeltine is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
- Carver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dahlgren is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
- Victoria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cologne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gotha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gotha is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
- Waconia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hydes Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
- Assumption
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Assumption is located in Carver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Mayer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Burnsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Apple Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nicols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Lakeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mendota Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mendota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Center is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Center
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Inver Grove Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lilydale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lilydale is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Goodhue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Stanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Cannon Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dennison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wangs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hopkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
- Minnetonka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Deephaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Excelsior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
- Shorewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Le Sueur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Heidelberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Ramsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Falcon Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Saint Paul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Roseville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arden Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Little Canada
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cardigan Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Mounds View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Saint Paul
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Webster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lonsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trondjem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trondjem is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
- Wheatland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Millersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Millersburg is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Northfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cannon City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cannon City is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon City
- Sibley County
- Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Saint Paul Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Landfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Landfall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Birchwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Willernie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Elmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahtomedi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Afton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Delano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce County (WI)
- Prescott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Savage, see our County-by-County Page for Savage.
Cemeteries Near Savage ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Savage.
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 Savage - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Savage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glendale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington Ferry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dawn Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Luthern Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Savage in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Savage.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Savage, with the one closest to Savage listed first.
- Bloomington Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomington Ferry is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Ferry
- Barden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barden is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barden
- Prior Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Credit River
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Credit River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
- Shakopee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowland is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Nicols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nicols is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
- Eden Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marystown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marystown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Lydia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lydia is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Lakeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Richfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chanhassen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chaska
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Savage. See our List of 1890's Communities around Savage.
Newspapers Published in Savage ...
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 325 newspapers that have been published in the area around Savage.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Savage, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Savage.
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 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 Savage:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Hennepin County
- Le Sueur County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Sibley County
- Washington County
- Wright County
- Pierce 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 Savage, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Savage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |