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 Zimmerman Terrace (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 Zimmerman Terrace. 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.
Name Variations for Zimmerman Terrace ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Zimmerman Terrace: Zimmerman Ter. (or less commonly used: Zimmerman Terr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Zimmerman Terrace is located in Sherburne 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 Sherburne County: Anoka, Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Stearns & Wright.
Below are the counties that are near Zimmerman Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zimmerman Terrace:
- Sherburne County (The home county of Zimmerman Terrace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Zimmerman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orrock is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrock
- Elk River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Big Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Santiago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Santiago is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
- Salida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salida is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
- Becker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cable
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Anoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Nowthen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nowthen is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowthen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,732 people
- Saint Francis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coopers Corner is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Corner
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Anoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ham Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Anoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Coon Rapids
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Duelm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Duelm is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duelm
- Oak Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Foley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ronneby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ronneby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronneby
- Gilman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sauk Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chisago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Stacy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Branch is located in Chisago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hennepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Rogers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Champlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corcoran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Hennepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,058 people
- Maple Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Osseo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loretto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hamel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Medina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Isanti County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Crown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Isanti
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dalbo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Minnesota Boys Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Minnesota Boys Town is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Boys Town
- Elm Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Park is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
- Weber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Weber is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Grandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kanabec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Coin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Ogilvie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mille Lacs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Estes Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Estes Brook is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Brook
- Pease
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pease is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Foreston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Milaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ramsey County
- Mounds View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stearns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Saint Cloud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Augusta is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,900 people
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Otsego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albertville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Michael
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hasty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hasty is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Hanover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Clearwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rassat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rassat is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rassat
- Annandale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zimmerman Terrace, see our County-by-County Page for Zimmerman Terrace.
Cemeteries Near Zimmerman Terrace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zimmerman Terrace.
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 Zimmerman Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zimmerman Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- St. Pius X Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bellwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Livonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Svea Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Farm of Ernest Rahn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Galbriath Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Two Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Zimmerman Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zimmerman Terrace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zimmerman Terrace, with the one closest to Zimmerman Terrace listed first.
- Zimmerman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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>
- Crown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Orrock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orrock is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrock
- Elk River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spencer Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer Brook is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Brook
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Saint Francis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Isanti County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Otsego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Salida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salida is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Santiago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Santiago is located in Sherburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
- Becker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zimmerman Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zimmerman Terrace.
Newspapers Published in Zimmerman Terrace ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zimmerman Terrace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zimmerman Terrace, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zimmerman Terrace.
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 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 Zimmerman Terrace:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Sherburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anoka County
- Benton County
- Chisago County
- Hennepin County
- Isanti County
- Kanabec County
- Mille Lacs County
- Ramsey County
- Stearns County
- Wright County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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 Zimmerman Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Zimmerman Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |