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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 Blabon (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 Blabon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Blabon is located in Steele County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Steele County: Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson & Traill.

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

  • Steele County     (The home county of Blabon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Sherbrooke
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
    • Hope
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Finley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Luverne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Pillsbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
    • Sibley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sibley is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
    • Dazey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Page
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Nolan ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Nolan is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
    • Erie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ayr
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Forks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Northwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kempton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
  • Griggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Cooperstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hannaford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Walum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Walum is located in Griggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
    • Jessie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Binford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sutton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Aneta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • McVille
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Traill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blabon, with the one closest to Blabon listed first.
    • Clifford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Roseville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Roseville is located in Traill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Galesburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Portland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mayville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hatton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Blanchard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Greenfield is located in Traill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield

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

Cemeteries Near Blabon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blabon.

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

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

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

  • St. Petri Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sherbrooke Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lund Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund Cemetery
    • The Lund Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Peterson Cemetery
  • Pederson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Luverne Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilbertson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Severson Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Westfield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sharon Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Cooperstown Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hoff Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoff Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hoff Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Sharon.
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Blabon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blabon.

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

  • Pickert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickert is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickert
  • Sherbrooke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
  • Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Colgate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Colgate is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
  • Sharon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Cooperstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Clifford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Roseville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Roseville is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Hannaford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Page
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Galesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Portland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
    • Aneta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Blabon ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blabon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blabon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blabon.

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 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 Blabon:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blabon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Blabon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.