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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 Leyden (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 Leyden. 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 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 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.

Leyden is located in Pembina 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 Pembina County: Kittson (MN), Cavalier & Walsh.

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

  • Pembina County     (The home county of Leyden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leyden, with the one closest to Leyden listed first.
    • Leroy
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Leroy is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Svold
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Svold is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svold
    • Walhalla
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Backoo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Backoo is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
    • Akra
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Akra is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
    • Cavalier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Neche
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Canton City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Bathgate
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hamilton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Crystal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Gardar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Gardar is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
  • Cavalier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leyden, with the one closest to Leyden listed first.
    • Hanks Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
    • Milton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Osnabrock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Langdon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Maida
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Dresden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Dresden is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
  • Walsh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leyden, with the one closest to Leyden listed first.
    • Hoople
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Edinburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kerry ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Kerry is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
    • Auburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Auburn is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Kittson County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leyden, with the one closest to Leyden listed first.
    • Saint Vincent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Saint Vincent is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Noyes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Noyes is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes

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

Cemeteries Near Leyden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leyden.

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

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

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

  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Peters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Walhalla Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhalla Hillside Cemetery
    • The Walhalla Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hillside Cemetery
    • Walhalla Cemetery
  • Beaulieu Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Andvari Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hallson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Tyner Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Spangel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bruce Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Ellens Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (85 more) ...
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Reinland Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Haskett Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Leroy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leroy is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Backoo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Backoo is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
  • Walhalla
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hallson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hallson is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallson
  • Akra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Akra is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
  • Cavalier
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Olga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olga is located in Cavalier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Neche
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Canton City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Vang
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Vang is located in Cavalier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vang
  • Bathgate
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hamilton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Milton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Leyden ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leyden.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leyden, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leyden.

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 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 Leyden:

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>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 Leyden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leyden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.