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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 Gardner (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 Gardner. 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.

Gardner 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 Gardner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gardner:

  • Cass County     (The home county of Gardner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardner, with the one closest to Gardner listed first.
    • Argusville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Argusville is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Harwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Arthur
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hunter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Reile's Acres
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Reile's Acres is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
    • North River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North River is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Amenia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mapleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • West Fargo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Fargo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Erie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Casselton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Traill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardner, with the one closest to Gardner listed first.
    • Grandin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kelso
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Kelso is located in Traill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
    • Alton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Alton is located in Traill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Greenfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Traill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Hillsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Blanchard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Caledonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Galesburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cummings
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Roseville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Roseville is located in Traill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Mayville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardner, with the one closest to Gardner listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Georgetown is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Kragnes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kragnes is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
    • Oakport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakport is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
    • Felton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Dilworth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Moorhead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Finkle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
    • Glyndon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sabin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Norman County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardner, with the one closest to Gardner listed first.
    • Perley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Hendrum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hendrum is located in Norman County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Halstad
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Borup
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Borup is located in Norman County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borup
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Shelly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Shelly is located in Norman County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
    • Ada
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ada is located in Norman County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <1>
  • Polk County (MN)
    • Nielsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Nielsville is located in Polk County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people

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

Cemeteries Near Gardner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gardner.

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

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

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

  • Argusville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rose Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Grandin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kirkebo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Old Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Quincy Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Good Samaritan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Oak Wood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kirkebo Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Landstad Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (80 more) ...
    • Arthur Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lower Maple River Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pontoppidan Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Grandin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Argusville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Argusville is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Perley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Perley is located in Norman County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Georgetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Clay County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Arthur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Harwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hendrum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hendrum is located in Norman County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
  • Kelso
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Kelso is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
  • Hunter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Alton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Alton is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
  • Kragnes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kragnes is located in Clay County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
  • Greenfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Traill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Amenia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Halstad
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Gardner ...

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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gardner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gardner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gardner.

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 Gardner:

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 Gardner, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gardner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.