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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 Conway (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 Conway. 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 and hospitals 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.

Conway is located in Walsh 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 Walsh County: Marshall (MN), Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina & Ramsey.

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

  • Walsh County     (The home county of Conway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conway, with the one closest to Conway listed first.
    • Pisek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Fordville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fordville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordville
      • Fordville is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fordville <1>
    • Forest River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Park River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park River
      • Park River is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park River <1>
    • Lankin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lankin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankin
      • Lankin is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lankin <1>
    • Pleasant Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
    • Mandt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt
      • Mandt is located in Walsh County
    • Praha ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Praha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Walsh County
    • Minto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ardoch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ardoch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoch
      • Ardoch is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardoch <1>
    • Herriott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Herriott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herriott
      • Herriott is located in Walsh County
    • Kerry ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
      • Kerry is located in Walsh County
    • Grafton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Forks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conway, with the one closest to Conway listed first.
    • Inkster
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Orr
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
    • Johnstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
      • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
    • Gilby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
      • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <1>
    • McCanna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
      • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
    • Niagara
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Mekinock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Larimore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Arvilla
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Emerado
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerado have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerado
      • Emerado is located in Grand Forks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emerado <1>
    • Kelly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
      • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
    • Manvel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manvel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <1>
    • Kempton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
      • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conway, with the one closest to Conway listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <1>
    • Whitman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Whitman is located in Nelson County
    • Michigan City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
      • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Michigan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mapes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mapes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
      • Mapes is located in Nelson County
  • Pembina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conway, with the one closest to Conway listed first.
    • Crystal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Gardar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
      • Gardar is located in Pembina County
    • Saint Thomas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Saint Thomas is located in Pembina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Thomas <1>
  • Marshall County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conway, with the one closest to Conway listed first.
    • Oslo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oslo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
      • Oslo is located in Marshall County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <1>
    • Big Woods
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
      • Big Woods is located in Marshall County (MN)

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

Cemeteries Near Conway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Conway.

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

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

  • St. Marks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Forest River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Forest River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Forest River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest River Colony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest River Colony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest River Colony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Inkster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Middle Forest River Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middle Forest River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middle Forest River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Park River.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101787 <4>
  • Park River Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (59 more) ...
    • Kensington Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kensington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kensington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Christianson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christianson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christianson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hyde Park Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hyde Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hyde Park 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Conway had a population of 224 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Conway had a population of 21 people.

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

  • Pisek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Inkster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Veseleyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Veseleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veseleyville
    • Veseleyville is located in Walsh County
  • Orr
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
  • Forest River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Voss
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voss have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voss
    • Voss is located in Walsh County
  • Park River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park River
    • Park River is located in Walsh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park River <1>
  • Johnstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
  • Praha ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Praha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
    • Praha is located in Walsh County
  • Gilby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
    • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <1>
  • Minto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • McCanna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
    • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ardoch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ardoch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoch
      • Ardoch is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardoch <1>
    • Grafton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nash
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
      • Nash is located in Walsh County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Conway ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Conway.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Conway. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Conway and those printed in the larger area surrounding Conway.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6> of Conway.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Conway:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Conway. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Conway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Conway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Conway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2339, Longitude: -97.6748       In this case, the coordinates for Conway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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