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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 Foxholm (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 Foxholm. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Foxholm is located in Ward 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 Ward County: Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail & Renville.

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

  • Ward County     (The home county of Foxholm)
  • Bottineau County
    • Lansford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansford
      • Lansford is located in Bottineau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansford <1>
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxholm, with the one closest to Foxholm listed first.
    • Deering
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deering have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
      • Deering is located in McHenry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deering <1>
    • Rising ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Genoa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountrail County
  • Renville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxholm, with the one closest to Foxholm listed first.
    • Grano
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grano have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grano
      • Grano is located in Renville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
    • Glenburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mohall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohall
      • Mohall is located in Renville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mohall <1>
    • Tolley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley
      • Tolley is located in Renville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolley <1>
    • Norma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Foxholm ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foxholm.

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Valla Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valla Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Des Lacs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Des Lacs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Des Lacs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nazareth Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wild Rose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wild Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Henrys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Township Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Township Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Township Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Foxholm ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foxholm.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Foxholm. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Foxholm and those printed in the larger area surrounding Foxholm.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Foxholm.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Foxholm:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Foxholm. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ward County: www.co.ward.nd.us/

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>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.
<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 Foxholm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Foxholm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foxholm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3697, Longitude: -101.5710    









 

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