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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 Barrie (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 Barrie. 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.

Barrie is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Traverse (MN), Wilkin (MN), Cass, Ransom, Sargent & Roberts (SD).

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

  • Richland County     (The home county of Barrie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barrie, with the one closest to Barrie listed first.
    • Walcott
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
      • Walcott is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <2>
    • Colfax
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Christine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
      • Christine is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <2>
    • Galchutt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Abercrombie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Barney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
      • Barney is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barney <2>
    • Wyndmere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Mooreton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dwight
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mantador
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantador have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantador
      • Mantador is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mantador <2>
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barrie, with the one closest to Barrie listed first.
    • Kindred
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
      • Kindred is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <2>
    • Woods
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
      • Woods is located in Cass County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Woods
      • From Barrie to Woods
    • Leonard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Davenport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Warren
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warren. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Warren is located in Cass County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Warren
      • From Barrie to Warren
    • Durbin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durbin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
      • Durbin is located in Cass County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Durbin
      • From Barrie to Durbin
    • Horace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Horace is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <2>
    • Oxbow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxbow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
      • Oxbow is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Chaffee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wild Rice
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Briarwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briarwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
      • Briarwood is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Frontier
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
      • Frontier is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Prairie Rose
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
      • Prairie Rose is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Ransom County
  • Sargent County
    • Milnor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
      • Milnor is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <2>
  • Clay County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barrie, with the one closest to Barrie listed first.
    • Comstock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
    • Finkle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
      • Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Finkle
      • From Barrie to Finkle
    • Moorhead
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
      • Moorhead is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,016 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <2>
    • Sabin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
      • Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
    • Baker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Baker is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Baker
      • From Barrie to Baker
    • Dilworth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
      • Dilworth is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilworth <2>
    • Oakport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
      • Oakport is located in Clay County (MN)
  • Wilkin County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barrie, with the one closest to Barrie listed first.
    • Wolverton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Kent
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Barrie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barrie.

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

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

  • Gol Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gol Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Christiania Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Nordmanna Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nordmanna Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nordmanna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dokken Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dokken Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dokken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leonard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leonard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leonard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tuholke Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuholke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tuholke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Davenport Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davenport Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davenport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Free Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Free Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Free Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Norman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • German Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stearns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stearns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stearns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (63 more) ...
    • South Pleasant Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Pleasant Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • North Pleasant Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Pleasant Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Christine Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christine Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Barrie had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Power
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
    • Power is located in Richland County
  • Kindred
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
    • Kindred is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <2>
  • Woods
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Woods is located in Cass County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Woods
    • From Barrie to Woods
  • Leonard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Walcott
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
    • Walcott is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <2>
  • Davenport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Warren
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warren. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Warren is located in Cass County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Warren
    • From Barrie to Warren
  • Coburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
    • Coburn is located in Ransom County
  • Colfax
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Christine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
    • Christine is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <2>
  • Venlo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venlo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venlo
    • Venlo is located in Ransom County
  • Hickson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickson
    • Hickson is located in Cass County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Horace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Horace is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <2>
    • Durbin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durbin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
      • Durbin is located in Cass County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Durbin
      • From Barrie to Durbin
    • Sheldon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Barrie ...

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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barrie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barrie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barrie.

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 Barrie:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barrie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Barrie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Barrie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barrie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5697, Longitude: -97.1263       In this case, the coordinates for Barrie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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