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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 Fleece (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 Fleece. 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 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 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.

Fleece is located in Pembina 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 Pembina County: Kittson (MN), Cavalier & Walsh.

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

  • Pembina County     (The home county of Fleece)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fleece, with the one closest to Fleece listed first.
    • Joliette
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Joliette is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
    • Bowesmont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Bowesmont is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowesmont
    • McArthur
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • McArthur is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
    • Pittsburgh
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
    • Glasston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hamilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Drayton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pembina
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bathgate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Thomas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Huron City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Huron City is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron City
    • Cavalier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Walsh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fleece, with the one closest to Fleece listed first.
    • Herrick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cashel ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Cashel is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashel
    • Auburn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Auburn is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Grafton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hoople
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Herriott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Herriott is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herriott
    • Mandt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mandt is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt
  • Kittson County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fleece, with the one closest to Fleece listed first.
    • Mattson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mattson is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
    • Hallock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hallock is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallock <1>
    • Humboldt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Humboldt is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Saint Vincent
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Saint Vincent is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Kennedy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennedy is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennedy <1>
    • Noyes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Noyes is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes
    • Donaldson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Donaldson is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Lancaster
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Bronson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Halma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Halma is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halma <1>
  • Marshall County (MN)
    • Stephen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stephen is located in Marshall County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephen <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Fleece ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fleece.

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

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

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

  • Joliette Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Tabitha Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Evangelical Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evangelical Cemetery is located outside and to the north of McArthur.
  • Red River Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak View Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrison Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Humboldt Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Skjeberg Lutheran Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Swanson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Drayton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (92 more) ...
    • Teien Covenant Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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>

While we didn't find Fleece in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fleece.

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

  • Joliette
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Joliette is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
  • Bowesmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bowesmont is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowesmont
  • Mattson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mattson is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
  • Pittsburgh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pittsburgh is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
  • Glasston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hallock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hallock is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallock <1>
  • Northcote
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Northcote is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcote
  • Hamilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Humboldt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Humboldt is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
  • Drayton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Saint Thomas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Vincent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Vincent is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bathgate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pembina
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Kennedy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennedy is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennedy <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Fleece ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fleece.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fleece, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fleece.

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 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 Fleece:

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>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 Fleece, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fleece) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.