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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 Waseca (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 Waseca. 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 hospitals 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.

Waseca is located in Waseca County and is the County Seat.

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 Waseca County: Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice & Steele.

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

  • Waseca County     (The home county of Waseca)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Wilton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Wilton is located in Waseca County
    • Vista
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Vista is located in Waseca County
    • Janesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Janesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
      • Janesville is located in Waseca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Janesville <2>
    • Elysian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alma City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
      • Alma City is located in Waseca County
    • New Richland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
      • New Richland is located in Waseca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Richland <2>
    • Waldorf
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldorf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldorf
      • Waldorf is located in Waseca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Blue Earth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Smiths Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiths Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
      • Smiths Mill is located in Blue Earth County
    • Pemberton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pemberton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
      • Pemberton is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Madison Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Lake
      • Madison Lake is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison Lake <2>
    • Saint Clair
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Clair have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
      • Saint Clair is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 821 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Clair <2>
    • Eagle Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
      • Eagle Lake is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,123 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Lake <2>
    • Mapleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mankato
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mankato have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
      • Mankato is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,435 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mankato <2>
    • Skyline
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyline have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
      • Skyline is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Rapidan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapidan
      • Rapidan is located in Blue Earth County
    • Good Thunder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Thunder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Thunder
      • Good Thunder is located in Blue Earth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Good Thunder <2>
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Claremont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claremont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
      • Claremont is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 534 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claremont <2>
    • West Concord
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Faribault County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Minnesota Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesota Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Lake
      • Minnesota Lake is located in Faribault County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 640 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minnesota Lake <2>
    • Wells
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Faribault County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,157 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <2>
    • Easton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Easton is located in Faribault County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
  • Freeborn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Bath
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Bath is located in Freeborn County
    • Hartland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Hartland is located in Freeborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
    • Freeborn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Geneva
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Freeborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <2>
    • Clarks Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Grove
      • Clarks Grove is located in Freeborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarks Grove <2>
    • Manchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Manchester is located in Freeborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Hollandale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
      • Hollandale is located in Freeborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollandale <2>
    • Alden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
      • Alden is located in Freeborn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <2>
    • Albert Lea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Goodhue County
    • Kenyon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Le Sueur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Waterville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
      • Waterville is located in Le Sueur County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,870 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterville <2>
    • Greenland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
      • Greenland is located in Le Sueur County
    • Kilkenny
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cordova
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
      • Cordova is located in Le Sueur County
    • Marysburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysburg
      • Marysburg is located in Le Sueur County
    • Cleveland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Le Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Center
      • Le Center is located in Le Sueur County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Center <2>
    • Montgomery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lexington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
      • Lexington is located in Le Sueur County
    • Kasota
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Heidelberg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heidelberg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
      • Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Ottawa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
      • Ottawa is located in Le Sueur County
  • Nicollet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • North Mankato
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Mankato have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mankato
      • North Mankato is located in Nicollet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,052 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Mankato <2>
    • Saint Peter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Morristown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Warsaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Warsaw is located in Rice County
    • Faribault
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cannon City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon City
      • Cannon City is located in Rice County
    • Moland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moland
      • Moland is located in Rice County
    • Millersburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
      • Millersburg is located in Rice County
    • Lonsdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonsdale
      • Lonsdale is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,299 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonsdale <2>
    • Trondjem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trondjem
      • Trondjem is located in Rice County
    • Dundas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
      • Dundas is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundas <2>
    • Nerstrand
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nerstrand have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nerstrand
      • Nerstrand is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nerstrand <2>
  • Steele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waseca, with the one closest to Waseca listed first.
    • Owatonna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Steele County
    • Medford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
      • Medford is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
    • Steele Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Center
      • Steele Center is located in Steele County
    • River Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
      • River Point is located in Steele County
    • Havana
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
      • Havana is located in Steele County
    • Ellendale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
      • Ellendale is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellendale <2>
    • Rice Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
      • Rice Lake is located in Steele County
    • Union
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Steele County
    • Blooming Prairie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Prairie
      • Blooming Prairie is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,927 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blooming Prairie <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Waseca ...

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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waseca.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 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 Waseca:

Cemeteries Near Waseca ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waseca.

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

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

  • Woodville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodville Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • North Waseca Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Waseca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Waseca Cemetery
  • Krassin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krassin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krassin Cemetery
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
  • Wilton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilton Cemetery
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
  • Minske Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Minske Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minske Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Iosco Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iosco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iosco Cemetery
  • Otisco Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otisco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otisco Cemetery
  • Brase Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brase Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brase Cemetery
  • Continue List   (247 more) ...
    • St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
    • Lincoln Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
    • Karsten Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Karsten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Karsten Cemetery

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Waseca had a population of 2,482 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Waseca had a population of 8,835 people.

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

  • Palmer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Palmer is located in Waseca County
  • Meriden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meriden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
    • Meriden is located in Steele County
  • Otisco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otisco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
    • Otisco is located in Waseca County
  • Lemond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemond
    • Lemond is located in Steele County
  • Deerfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Deerfield is located in Steele County
  • Waterville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
    • Waterville is located in Le Sueur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,870 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterville <2>
  • Morristown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Janesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Janesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
    • Janesville is located in Waseca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,247 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Janesville <2>
  • Alma City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma City
    • Alma City is located in Waseca County
  • Elysian
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Richland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
    • New Richland is located in Waseca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Richland <2>
  • Clinton Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Falls
    • Clinton Falls is located in Steele County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Warsaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Warsaw is located in Rice County
    • Medford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
      • Medford is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
    • Greenland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
      • Greenland is located in Le Sueur County

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

The official website for Waseca: www.ci.waseca.mn.us/

The official website for Waseca County: www.co.waseca.mn.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Waseca) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waseca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0776, Longitude: -93.5075       In this case, the coordinates for Waseca have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Waseca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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