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 Charlson (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 Charlson. 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.
Charlson is located in McKenzie 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 McKenzie County: Richland (MT), Wibaux (MT), Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Mountrail & Williams.
Below are the counties that are near Charlson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Charlson:
- McKenzie County (The home county of Charlson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlson, with the one closest to Charlson listed first.
- Keene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Four Bears Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
- Banks ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Banks is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Schafer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Schafer is located in McKenzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schafer
- Mandaree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Watford City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlson, with the one closest to Charlson listed first.
- Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
- Shell Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Creek is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Mountrail County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlson, with the one closest to Charlson listed first.
- Sanish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sanish is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
- New Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Earth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Belden is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Van Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Van Hook is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hook
- Stanley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlson, with the one closest to Charlson listed first.
- Tioga
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ray
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Lake Jessie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Jessie is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jessie
- Epping
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Charlson, see our County-by-County Page for Charlson.
Cemeteries Near Charlson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Charlson.
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 Charlson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Charlson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Charlson, with the one closest to Charlson listed first.
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- The Good Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Lutheran Cemetery
- Good Hope Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2249537 <2>
- Antelope Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antelope Valley Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Four Bears Village.
- The Antelope Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Antelope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101691 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redeemer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Keene.
- The Clear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clear Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201205 <2>
- Goodbird Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snowbird Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Silent City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (30 more) ...
- Kristiansand Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Riverview Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Valley Lutheran Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Charlson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Charlson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Charlson, with the one closest to Charlson listed first.
- Manitou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou is located in Mountrail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
- White Earth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ray
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Stanley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Charlson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Charlson.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Charlson ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Charlson.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Charlson. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Charlson and those printed in the larger area surrounding Charlson.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Charlson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Charlson:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to McKenzie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- McLean County
- Mountrail County
- Williams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Dakota
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Charlson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Charlson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |