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 Scanlon (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 Scanlon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Scanlon is located in Carlton 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 Carlton County: Aitkin, Pine, Saint Louis & Douglas (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Scanlon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scanlon:
- Carlton County (The home county of Scanlon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scanlon, with the one closest to Scanlon listed first.
- Cloquet
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carlton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Esko
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thomson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Wrenshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Sawyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Mahtowa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Holyoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Barnum
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Moose Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scanlon, with the one closest to Scanlon listed first.
- Kerrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sturgeon Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scanlon, with the one closest to Scanlon listed first.
- Adolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gary is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Proctor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Duluth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Saginaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Hermantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oneota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oneota is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- Twig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Twig is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
- Brookston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duluth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
- Arnold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Douglas County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scanlon, with the one closest to Scanlon listed first.
- Oliver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Superior Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Superior
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Dedham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Saunders
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- South Range
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Range is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Hawthorne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scanlon, see our County-by-County Page for Scanlon.
Cemeteries Near Scanlon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scanlon.
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 Scanlon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scanlon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scanlon, with the one closest to Scanlon listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thomson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthew's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Finnish Apostolic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brevator Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (82 more) ...
- Brevator Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- MacCabee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Augustana Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Scanlon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scanlon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scanlon, with the one closest to Scanlon listed first.
- Cloquet
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carlton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thomson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Otter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Fond du Lac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Sawyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- New Duluth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smithville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- West Duluth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duluth
- Oneota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oneota is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- Mahtowa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Pokegama
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pokegama is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dedham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Superior
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Holyoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scanlon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scanlon.
Newspapers Published in Scanlon ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scanlon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scanlon, 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 Scanlon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Scanlon:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Carlton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pine County
- Saint Louis 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 Scanlon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scanlon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |