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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 Woodlyn 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 Woodlyn 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Woodlyn Court is located in Anoka 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 Anoka County: Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne & Washington.

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

  • Anoka County     (The home county of Woodlyn Court)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Saint Francis
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethel
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Coopers Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Coopers Corner is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Corner
    • Oak Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cedar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • East Bethel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Nowthen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Nowthen is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowthen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,732 people
    • Andover
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Linwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Linwood is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Ramsey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ham Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Anoka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Benton County
    • Oak Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Park is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
  • Chisago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Stacy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Stacy is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
    • Wyoming
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Branch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Branch is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • North Branch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Harris
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chisago City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lindstrom
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Center City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rush City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Almelund
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Shafer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Franconia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Franconia is located in Chisago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
  • Hennepin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Champlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Dayton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Rogers is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <1>
    • Brooklyn Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Osseo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Osseo is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osseo <1>
    • Maple Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Brooklyn Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Corcoran
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • New Hope
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Robbinsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,058 people
  • Isanti County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Isanti
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Crown is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
    • Bradford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Bradford is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Weber
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Weber is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
    • Cambridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Minnesota Boys Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Minnesota Boys Town is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Boys Town
    • Dalbo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Grandy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Elm Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Elm Park is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
    • Stanchfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Braham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Kanabec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Coin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Coin is located in Kanabec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
    • Grasston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ogilvie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Mille Lacs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Princeton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Estes Brook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
    • Pease
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Bock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bock is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bock <1>
    • Milaca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Milaca is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milaca <1>
    • Foreston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Mounds View
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Arden Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • New Brighton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • North Oaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Shoreview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • White Bear Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
    • Vadnais Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • White Bear Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Gem Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
    • Falcon Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Sherburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Elk River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Zimmerman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,135 people
      • Zimmerman has also been known as:
      • Lake Fremont
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zimmerman <1>
    • Orrock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Orrock is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrock
    • Big Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Salida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Salida is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
    • Santiago
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Santiago is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
    • Becker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Becker is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Becker <1>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Forest Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hugo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hugo is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
    • Scandia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Dellwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dellwood is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
    • Withrow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Withrow is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
    • Otisville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Otisville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
    • Birchwood Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
    • Mahtomedi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Duluth Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Duluth Junction is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
    • Grant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Grant is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
    • Marine-on-Saint-Croix
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Willernie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Court, with the one closest to Woodlyn Court listed first.
    • Otsego
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Albertville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Michael
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hanover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Monticello
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Rockford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Burnett County (WI)
    • Randall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall

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

Cemeteries Near Woodlyn Court ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodlyn 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 Woodlyn Court - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Stanford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Oak View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • West Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oak Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Oak Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of Anoka.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83812 <2>
  • Long Lake Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gerdins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Strike Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Leaf Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kienitz Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (227 more) ...
    • Fish Lake Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fridsborg Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Athens Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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>

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

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

  • Saint Francis
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Isanti
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Crown is located in Isanti County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Bradford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bradford is located in Isanti County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
  • Spencer Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Spencer Brook is located in Isanti County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Brook
  • Blomford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blomford is located in Isanti County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blomford
  • Linwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Linwood is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Elk River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cambridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Zimmerman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,135 people
    • Zimmerman has also been known as:
    • Lake Fremont
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zimmerman <1>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Anoka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Champlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Spring Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Lake is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake

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

Newspapers Published in Woodlyn 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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodlyn Court.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodlyn Court, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodlyn Court.

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