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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 Lankin (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 Lankin. 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.

Lankin is located in Walsh 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 Walsh County: Marshall (MN), Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina & Ramsey.

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

  • Walsh County     (The home county of Lankin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lankin, with the one closest to Lankin listed first.
    • Pleasant Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Praha ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Praha is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
    • Fordville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pisek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Park River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kerry ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kerry is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
    • Edinburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Conway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Conway is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
    • Mandt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mandt is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt
    • Fairdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoople
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Cavalier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lankin, with the one closest to Lankin listed first.
    • Milton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Osnabrock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nekoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanks Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
  • Grand Forks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lankin, with the one closest to Lankin listed first.
    • Inkster
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Orr
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Niagara
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Johnstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • McCanna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
    • Gilby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lankin, with the one closest to Lankin listed first.
    • Whitman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Petersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Michigan City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 southwest)
    • Mapes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mapes is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
    • Lakota
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pembina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lankin, with the one closest to Lankin listed first.
    • Gardar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Gardar is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
    • Crystal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Canton City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Canton City is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Canton City has also been known as:
      • Hensel
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton City <1>
    • Saint Thomas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lankin, with the one closest to Lankin listed first.
    • Lawton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brocket
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Edmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bartlett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett

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

Cemeteries Near Lankin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lankin.

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

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

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

  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Machart Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Christianson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • ZCBJ Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • East Adams Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Middle Forest River Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • East Sarnia Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Park River.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101787 <2>
  • Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (70 more) ...
    • Park River Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • East Forest River Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Praha ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Praha is located in Walsh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
  • Pisek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Park River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Adams
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Conway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Conway is located in Walsh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
  • Veseleyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Veseleyville is located in Walsh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veseleyville
  • Union
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Cavalier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Inkster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Orr
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
  • Hoople
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Petersburg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Forest River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Voss
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Voss is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voss
    • Nash
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Nash is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Milton
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Lankin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lankin.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lankin ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lankin.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lankin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lankin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lankin.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Lankin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lankin:

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 Lankin, 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- Lankin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.