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 Toivola (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 Toivola. 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 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 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.

Toivola is located in Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County: Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake & Douglas (WI).

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

• Saint Louis County     (The home county of Toivola)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Toivola, with the one closest to Toivola listed first.
  • Meadowlands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlands have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
    • Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Cotton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
    • Cotton is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotton <2>
  • Forbes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forbes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
    • Forbes is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbes <2>
  • Floodwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floodwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
    • Floodwood is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floodwood <2>
  • Alborn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn
    • Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
  • Hibbing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbing
    • Hibbing is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hibbing <2>
  • Canyon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Canyon is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon <2>
  • Melrude
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrude
    • Melrude is located in Saint Louis County
  • Ruby Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Junction
    • Ruby Junction is located in Saint Louis County
  • Iron Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Junction
    • Iron Junction is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Ramshaw
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramshaw
    • Ramshaw is located in Saint Louis County
  • Chisholm
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chisholm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
    • Chisholm is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,803 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chisholm <2>
  • Brookston
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
    • Brookston is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <2>
• Aitkin County
  • Jacobson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobson
    • Jacobson is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacobson <2>
• Itasca County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Toivola, with the one closest to Toivola listed first.
  • Goodland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
    • Goodland is located in Itasca County
  • Wawina
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wawina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawina
    • Wawina is located in Itasca County
  • Swan River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
    • Swan River is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan River <2>
  • Keewatin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keewatin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewatin
    • Keewatin is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,010 people
  • Nashwauk
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashwauk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashwauk
    • Nashwauk is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashwauk <2>
  • Pengilly
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pengilly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pengilly
    • Pengilly is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pengilly <2>
  • Warba
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warba
    • Warba is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warba <2>
  • Calumet
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calumet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
    • Calumet is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calumet <2>
  • Marble
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
    • Marble is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <2>
  • Taconite
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taconite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconite
    • Taconite is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
  • Bovey
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovey
    • Bovey is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovey <2>
  • Coleraine
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleraine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleraine
    • Coleraine is located in Itasca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,972 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleraine <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Toivola ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toivola.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toivola, 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 Toivola.

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 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 Toivola:

• 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 Saint Louis County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Aitkin County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Itasca 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 Saint Louis County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Saint Louis County

Cemeteries Near Toivola ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toivola.

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

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

• Toivola Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toivola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toivola Cemetery
• Toivola Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toivola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toivola Cemetery
• Sarikoski Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sarikoski Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sarikoski Cemetery
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
• Rose Hill Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
• Little Swan Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Swan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Swan Cemetery
• Meadowlands Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowlands Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowlands Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• Cedar Valley Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Valley Cemetery
• Zim Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zim Cemetery
• Forest Hill Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
• Maple Grove Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
• Continue List   (40 more) ...
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lake View Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198637 <4>
  • Forbes Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forbes Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82322 <4>
  • Grandview Memorial Garden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Memorial Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Memorial Garden

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 Toivola in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toivola.

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

• Island
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
  • Island is located in Saint Louis County
• Wawina
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wawina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawina
  • Wawina is located in Itasca County
• Floodwood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floodwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
  • Floodwood is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floodwood <2>
• Swan River
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
  • Swan River is located in Itasca County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan River <2>
• Independence
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Independence is located in Saint Louis County
• Midway
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Saint Louis County
• Blackberry
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
  • Blackberry is located in Itasca County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mn.us/

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