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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 Cando (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 Cando. 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.

Cando is located in Towner County and is the County Seat.

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 Towner County: Benson, Cavalier, Pierce, Ramsey & Rolette.

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

  • Towner County     (The home county of Cando)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cando, with the one closest to Cando listed first.
    • Maza
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Maza is located in Towner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maza
    • Egeland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bisbee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Perth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocklake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Benson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cando, with the one closest to Cando listed first.
    • Niles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Niles is located in Benson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Leeds
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • York
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brinsmade
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Knox
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Minnewaukan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
  • Cavalier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cando, with the one closest to Cando listed first.
    • Calio
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Calio is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
    • Munich
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Munich is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Alsen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pierce County
    • Wolford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cando, with the one closest to Cando listed first.
    • Saint Joe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Saint Joe is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
    • Starkweather
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Churchs Ferry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Garske
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Garske is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garske
    • Penn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Webster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Harbor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
    • Hampden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Devils Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rolette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cando, with the one closest to Cando listed first.
    • Agate
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mylo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cando ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cando.

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

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

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

  • Cando Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Olson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Egeland.
    • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Egeland Cemetery
    • Egeland Union Cemetery
  • Wahi Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ostreim Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Almlie Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Halling Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bisbee Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Teubner Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Starweather Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cando had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cando had a population of 1,008 people.

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

  • Bisbee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Churchs Ferry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Starkweather
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Leeds
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Penn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Perth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • York
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Brinsmade
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Knox
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Harbor
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Harbor is located in Ramsey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Harbor
  • Pleasant Lake
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
  • Minnewaukan
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cando ...

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 Cando.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cando. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cando and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cando.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Cando.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Cando:

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