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 Frontier (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 Frontier. 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 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.
Frontier is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Clay (MN), Norman (MN), Barnes, Ransom, Richland, Steele & Traill.
Below are the counties that are near Frontier. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frontier:
- Cass County (The home county of Frontier)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Prairie Rose
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Briarwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Wild Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Horace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Fargo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reile's Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Oxbow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oxbow is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- North River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North River is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Davenport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Christine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Walcott
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrie is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Abercrombie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Galchutt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Galchutt is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
- Clay County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Finkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Moorhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Dilworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oakport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakport is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Comstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Kragnes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kragnes is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Glyndon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Georgetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Muskoda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Barnesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Felton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norman County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Perley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Borup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Borup is located in Norman County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Wilkin County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Wolverton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Kent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lawndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frontier, see our County-by-County Page for Frontier.
Cemeteries Near Frontier ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frontier.
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 Frontier - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frontier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Horace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brink Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink Cemetery
- The Brink Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horace Lutheran Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Wild Rice & Red River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hoff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (98 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Fargo.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moorhead Riverside Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #790540 <2>
- Clara Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- German Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Frontier in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frontier.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frontier, with the one closest to Frontier listed first.
- Wild Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Horace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Finkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Moorhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fargo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sabin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Dilworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Hickson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickson
- Comstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Davenport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kindred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glyndon
(13 miles [20.9 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 Frontier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frontier.
Newspapers Published in Frontier ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frontier.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frontier, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frontier.
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 Frontier:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Richland County
- Clay County
- Norman County
- Wilkin 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> | 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 Frontier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frontier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |