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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 Yola (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 Yola. 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 and 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.

Yola is located in Hubbard 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 Hubbard County: Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater & Wadena.

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

  • Hubbard County     (The home county of Yola)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yola, with the one closest to Yola listed first.
    • Lake George
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Laporte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Benedict
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
    • Dorset
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Dorset is located in Hubbard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
    • Akeley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Nevis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Rapids
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Becker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yola, with the one closest to Yola listed first.
    • Two Inlets
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Two Inlets is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Inlets
    • Osage
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Point is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
    • Ponsford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elbow Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Elbow Lake is located in Becker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
  • Beltrami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yola, with the one closest to Yola listed first.
    • Rosby
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosby is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosby
    • Bemidji
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Wilton is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
    • Solway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lavinia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lavinia is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
    • Pinewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinewood is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Turtle River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Turtle River is located in Beltrami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Pennington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yola, with the one closest to Yola listed first.
    • Cass Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ah-gwah-ching
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
    • North Central Cass
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • North Central Cass is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Clearwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yola, with the one closest to Yola listed first.
    • Long Lost Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
      • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
    • Minerva
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Minerva is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
    • Shevlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Rice Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
    • Bagley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bagley is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,439 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bagley <1>
  • Mahnomen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yola, with the one closest to Yola listed first.
    • Roy Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Roy Lake is located in Mahnomen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Lake
    • Naytahwaush
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Yola ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yola.

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

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

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

  • Lake Alice Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fern Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Old Sell Lake Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeport Twp. Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Theodores Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Guthrie Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sell Lake Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Nary Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (77 more) ...
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Emma Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Malvik Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.<3>

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

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

  • Park Rapids
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Osage
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hubbard
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard

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

Newspapers Published in Yola ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yola.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yola, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yola.

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 Yola:

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>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 Yola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.