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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Ashtabula. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ashtabula to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ashtabula, please Contact Us.

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 Ashtabula (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 Ashtabula. 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 doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ashtabula is historic, it would have been located within present day Barnes County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

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

  • Barnes County     (The home county of Ashtabula)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashtabula, with the one closest to Ashtabula listed first.
    • Sibley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sibley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
      • Sibley is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Dazey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dazey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dazey
      • Dazey is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dazey <3>
    • Rogers
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Rogers is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <3>
    • Pillsbury
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pillsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
      • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
    • North Valley City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Valley City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
    • Leal
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
      • Leal is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Valley City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sanborn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oriska
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
      • Oriska is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriska <3>
    • Eckelson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wimbledon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wimbledon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimbledon
      • Wimbledon is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wimbledon <3>
    • Fingal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fingal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
      • Fingal is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fingal <3>
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashtabula, with the one closest to Ashtabula listed first.
    • Page
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Nolan ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nolan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Nolan is located in Cass County
    • Tower City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ayr
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
      • Ayr is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayr <3>
    • Buffalo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Buffalo is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <3>
    • Erie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Erie is located in Cass County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <3>
  • Griggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashtabula, with the one closest to Ashtabula listed first.
    • Walum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
      • Walum is located in Griggs County
    • Hannaford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooperstown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Sutton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jessie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Steele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashtabula, with the one closest to Ashtabula listed first.
    • Luverne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luverne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luverne
      • Luverne is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luverne <3>
    • Hope
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <3>
    • Sherbrooke
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sherbrooke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
    • Finley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashtabula, with the one closest to Ashtabula listed first.
    • Courtenay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtenay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtenay
      • Courtenay is located in Stutsman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Courtenay <3>
    • Spiritwood Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiritwood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
      • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Spiritwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Traill County
    • Galesburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
      • Galesburg is located in Traill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galesburg <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Ashtabula ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashtabula.

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

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

  • Dazey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dazey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dazey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Luverne Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luverne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luverne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Minnie Lake Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minnie Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Minnie Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pederson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pederson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pederson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lund Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lund Cemetery
    • The Lund Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Peterson Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Valley City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102029 <5>
  • Hannaford Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lyster Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nebo Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nebo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodbine Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodbine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Valley City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102743 <5>
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • St. Catherines Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Memory Gardens Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.

Ashtabula itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Dazey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dazey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dazey
    • Dazey is located in Barnes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dazey <3>
  • Odell ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Odell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
    • Odell is located in Barnes County
  • Hannaford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Berea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Berea is located in Barnes County
  • Valley City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sanborn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oriska
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
    • Oriska is located in Barnes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriska <3>
  • Colgate
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colgate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
    • Colgate is located in Steele County
  • Hope
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hope is located in Steele County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <3>
  • Cooperstown
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Page
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Urbana
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Urbana have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Urbana is located in Barnes County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Tower City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Cuba is located in Barnes County
    • Pickert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
      • Pickert is located in Steele County

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

Newspapers Published in Ashtabula ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashtabula.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashtabula, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashtabula.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ashtabula:

The official website for Barnes County: www.co.barnes.nd.us/

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ashtabula, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashtabula) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashtabula. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1417, Longitude: -98.0318       In this case, the coordinates for Ashtabula have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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