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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 Eastedge (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 Eastedge. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Eastedge is located in Barnes 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 Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

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

  • Barnes County     (The home county of Eastedge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eastedge, with the one closest to Eastedge listed first.
    • Kathryn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nome
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fingal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Litchville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oriska
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Valley City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • North Valley City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
    • Sanborn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eckelson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eastedge, with the one closest to Eastedge listed first.
    • Alice
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Alice is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Tower City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaffee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Magnolia is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Leonard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Dickey County
    • Glover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • LaMoure County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eastedge, with the one closest to Eastedge listed first.
    • Verona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Grand Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • LaMoure
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dickey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eastedge, with the one closest to Eastedge listed first.
    • Fort Ransom
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Enderlin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Elliott
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Lisbon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sheldon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Anselm
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm

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

Cemeteries Near Eastedge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eastedge.

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

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

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

  • Waldheim Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Petri Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Petri Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Petri Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Nome.
    • The St. Petri Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Peters Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405853 <2>
  • Nordheim Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Northland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheyenne Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fillmore Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Standing Rock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hill Side Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (57 more) ...
    • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Daily
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Daily is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
  • Lucca
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucca is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucca
  • Fingal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Ransom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hastings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hastings is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
  • Cuba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cuba is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Buttzville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
  • Lisbon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sheldon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Oriska
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Anselm
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Anselm is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Verona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Berea
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Berea is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Tower City
      (21 miles [33.8 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 Eastedge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eastedge.

Newspapers Published in Eastedge ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eastedge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eastedge, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eastedge.

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 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 Eastedge:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastedge) 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 Eastedge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.