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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 Sunrise Court (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 Sunrise Court. 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 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.

Sunrise Court is located in McLeod 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 McLeod County: Carver, Meeker, Renville, Sibley & Wright.

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

  • McLeod County     (The home county of Sunrise Court)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Glencoe
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Plato
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sumter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sumter is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Biscay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Biscay is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Silver Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lester Prairie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brownton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Winsted
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hutchinson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fernando
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fernando is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernando
    • Stewart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Stewart is located in McLeod County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Hamburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Hamburg is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
    • Norwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Norwood Young America
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Norwood Young America is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Young America
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
    • Young America
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • New Germany
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollywood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollywood is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Assumption
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Assumption is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
    • Hydes Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
    • Mayer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazelton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazelton is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Cologne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Gotha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Gotha is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
    • Waconia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Saint Bonifacius
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Minnetrista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Mound
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mound is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,404 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound <1>
    • Independence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Independence is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,786 people
    • Spring Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tonka Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Tonka Bay is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka Bay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Maple Plain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Excelsior
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Shorewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Minnetonka Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Minnetonka Beach is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
    • Greenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Greenwood is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
    • Crystal Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Bay is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Bay
    • Orono
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Orono is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,348 people
  • Le Sueur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Le Sueur
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Thomas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Ottawa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ottawa is located in Le Sueur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
  • Meeker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Cedar Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Mills is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Dassel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Darwin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cosmos
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Kingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kingston is located in Meeker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Litchfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Nicollet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • New Sweden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • New Sweden is located in Nicollet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
    • Lafayette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Renville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Buffalo Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hector
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Belle Plaine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jordan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Union Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Hill is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Marystown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
  • Sibley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • New Auburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Isle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Arlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Gaylord
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Winthrop
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Henderson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibbon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Court, with the one closest to Sunrise Court listed first.
    • Howard Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cokato
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Smith Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Smith Lake is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Lake
    • Waverly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Montrose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Albright
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Albright is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright
    • Delano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rassat
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Rassat is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rassat
    • Albion Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Albion Center is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Rockford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Sunrise Court ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunrise Court.

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 Sunrise Court - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunrise Court covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Glencoe Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bergan Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Township Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Getchell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Koniska Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Reformed Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (260 more) ...
    • Bear Creek Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Emmanuel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Glencoe
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Plato
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sumter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sumter is located in McLeod County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
  • Biscay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Biscay is located in McLeod County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • New Auburn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Green Isle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamburg is located in Carver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
  • Lester Prairie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Norwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Arlington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Young America
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • New Germany
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollywood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hollywood is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood

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

Newspapers Published in Sunrise Court ...

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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunrise Court.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunrise Court, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunrise Court.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sunrise Court:

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>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 Sunrise Court, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Sunrise Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.