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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 Trimont (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 Trimont. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Trimont is located in Martin 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 Martin County: Emmet (IA), Kossuth (IA), Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson & Watonwan.

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

  • Martin County     (The home county of Trimont)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Ormsby
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ormsby is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Sherburn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Welcome
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Northrop
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Truman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Truman is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
    • Dunnell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Dunnell is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
    • Fairmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ceylon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Granada
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Blue Earth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Willow Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Creek is located in Blue Earth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Amboy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Amboy is located in Blue Earth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amboy <1>
    • Vernon Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Vernon Center is located in Blue Earth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Comfrey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hanska
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Cottonwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Mountain Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bingham Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Windom
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Windom is located in Cottonwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,403 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <1>
  • Faribault County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Huntley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Huntley is located in Faribault County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • Winnebago
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Alpha
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Alpha is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Jackson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Petersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Lakefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Wilder
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Wilder is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Okabena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Okabena is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okabena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Heron Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
  • Watonwan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Odin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Odin is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Butterfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
    • Saint James
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lewisville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Grogan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Grogan is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grogan
    • Darfur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Darfur is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darfur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • La Salle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • La Salle is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Godahl
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Godahl is located in Watonwan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godahl
    • Madelia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickinson County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Superior
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Superior is located in Dickinson County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <1>
    • Orleans
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Orleans is located in Dickinson County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
    • Spirit Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Emmet County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trimont, with the one closest to Trimont listed first.
    • Dolliver
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Estherville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Gruver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Gruver is located in Emmet County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Armstrong
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Emmet County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
    • Wallingford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Wallingford is located in Emmet County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people

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

Cemeteries Near Trimont ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trimont.

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 Trimont - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • First Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Elm Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Emmanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Olaf Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waverly Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Welcome Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul's Evangelical Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Star Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sherburne City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Sherburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Odin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Odin is located in Watonwan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Welcome
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • South Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • South Branch is located in Watonwan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Branch
  • Butterfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Dunnell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dunnell is located in Martin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Fairmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint James
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Petersburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Petersburg is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Grogan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Grogan is located in Watonwan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grogan
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bingham Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nashville Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Nashville Center is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Center
    • Dolliver
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Trimont ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trimont.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Trimont. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Trimont and those printed in the larger area surrounding Trimont.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Trimont.

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 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 Trimont:

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 Trimont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trimont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.