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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 Sherack (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 Sherack. 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 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.

Sherack is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Grand Forks (ND) & Traill (ND).

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Sherack)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherack, with the one closest to Sherack listed first.
    • Euclid
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
      • Euclid is located in Polk County
    • Mallory
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mallory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
      • Mallory is located in Polk County
    • East Grand Forks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shirley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
      • Shirley is located in Polk County
    • Fisher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Crookston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Gentilly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
      • Gentilly is located in Polk County
    • Climax
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherack, with the one closest to Sherack listed first.
    • Warren
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Alvarado
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvarado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
      • Alvarado is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Oslo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oslo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
      • Oslo is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <2>
    • Argyle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Viking
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
      • Viking is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Big Woods
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
      • Big Woods is located in Marshall County
    • Stephen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephen
      • Stephen is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephen <2>
  • Pennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherack, with the one closest to Sherack listed first.
    • Saint Hilaire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Hilaire have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
      • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • Thief River Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thief River Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thief River Falls
      • Thief River Falls is located in Pennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thief River Falls <2>
  • Red Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherack, with the one closest to Sherack listed first.
    • Dorothy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dorothy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
      • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
    • Red Lake Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Falls
      • Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake Falls <2>
  • Grand Forks County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherack, with the one closest to Sherack listed first.
    • Grand Forks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Manvel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manvel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <2>
    • Thompson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
      • Thompson is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,027 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson <2>
    • Kelly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
      • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
    • Emerado
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerado
      • Emerado is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emerado <2>
    • Mekinock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Reynolds
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
      • Reynolds is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynolds <2>
  • Walsh County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherack, with the one closest to Sherack listed first.
    • Ardoch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ardoch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoch
      • Ardoch is located in Walsh County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardoch <2>
    • Warsaw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Warsaw is located in Walsh County (ND)

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

Cemeteries Near Sherack ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherack.

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

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

  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nesbit Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nesbit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nesbit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Melo Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melo Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Melo Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resthaven Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nyskoga Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nyskoga Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nyskoga Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Bethany Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Bethany Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (95 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is located in Warren.
      • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St.s Peter & Paul Calvary Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238897 <4>
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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>

While we didn't find Sherack in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherack.

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

  • Angus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Angus is located in Polk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angus <2>
  • Tabor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tabor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Tabor is located in Polk County
  • Euclid
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
  • Mallory
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mallory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
    • Mallory is located in Polk County
  • East Grand Forks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Freeman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Polk County
  • Shirley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
  • Hixon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hixon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon
    • Hixon is located in Polk County
  • Grand Forks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fisher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Fisher is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Crookston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Manvel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manvel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <2>
    • Merrifield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrifield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
      • Merrifield is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
    • Argyle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Sherack ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherack.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherack, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherack.

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 helpful 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 Sherack:

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

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.mn.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Sherack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Sherack) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sherack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0208, Longitude: -96.7817       In this case, the coordinates for Sherack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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