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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 Hannah Junction (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 Hannah Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Hannah Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hannah Junction: Hannah Jct. (or less commonly used: Hannah Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hannah Junction is located in Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County: Polk (MN), Nelson, Steele, Traill & Walsh.

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

  • Grand Forks County     (The home county of Hannah Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hannah Junction, with the one closest to Hannah Junction listed first.
    • Larimore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • McCanna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
    • Arvilla
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kempton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
    • Niagara
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Orr
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Northwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Emerado
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gilby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <1>
    • Inkster
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Mekinock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hannah Junction, with the one closest to Hannah Junction listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Aneta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Michigan City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Michigan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Whitman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • McVille
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mapes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mapes is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
    • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Steele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hannah Junction, with the one closest to Hannah Junction listed first.
    • Sharon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Finley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Traill County
    • Hatton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Walsh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hannah Junction, with the one closest to Hannah Junction listed first.
    • Fordville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Conway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Conway is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
    • Forest River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ardoch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Praha ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Praha is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
    • Pisek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Minto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lankin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall County (MN)
    • Oslo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oslo is located in Marshall County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <1>
  • Polk County (MN)
    • East Grand Forks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Hannah Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hannah Junction.

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 Hannah Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bellevue Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellevue Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Larimore.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101713 <3>
  • Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Arvilla Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Niagara Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Logan Center Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gran Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gran Church Cemetery
    • The Gran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosset Family Cemetery
  • EUB Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Emerado Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Herlickson Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Northwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (69 more) ...
    • Prairie Home Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • West Union Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Larimore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Shawnee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • McCanna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
  • Kempton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
  • Arvilla
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Niagara
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Orr
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
  • Northwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Gilby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <1>
  • Mekinock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Inkster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Petersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Johnstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Ojata ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ojata is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojata
    • Kelly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly

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

Newspapers Published in Hannah Junction ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hannah Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hannah Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hannah Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hannah Junction:

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>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- Hannah Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hannah Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.