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 Manvel (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 Manvel. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Manvel 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 Manvel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manvel:
- Grand Forks County (The home county of Manvel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manvel, with the one closest to Manvel listed first.
- Kelly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Mekinock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emerado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Arvilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Inkster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Larimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Orr
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orr is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- McCanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
- Walsh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manvel, with the one closest to Manvel listed first.
- Ardoch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warsaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Warsaw is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Forest River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herriott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Herriott is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herriott
- Conway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conway is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cashel ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cashel is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashel
- Pisek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Herrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mandt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mandt is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt
- Fordville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manvel, with the one closest to Manvel listed first.
- Oslo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Alvarado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Big Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Woods is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
- Warren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stephen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polk County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manvel, with the one closest to Manvel listed first.
- East Grand Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mallory
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mallory is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Euclid
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Euclid is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Fisher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Shirley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manvel, see our County-by-County Page for Manvel.
Cemeteries Near Manvel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manvel.
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 Manvel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manvel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manvel, with the one closest to Manvel listed first.
- St. Timothy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kongsvinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swedish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nyskoga Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mesopotamia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (74 more) ...
- Swedish Evangelical Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vega Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Manvel had a population of 107 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Manvel had a population of 372 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manvel, with the one closest to Manvel listed first.
- Kelly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Mekinock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ojata ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ojata is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojata
- Grand Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ardoch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Grand Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tabor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Merrifield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Merrifield is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Big Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Woods is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
- Forest River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Minto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arvilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mallory is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manvel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manvel.
Newspapers Published in Manvel ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manvel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manvel, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manvel.
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 helpful 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 Manvel:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to Grand Forks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Walsh County
- Marshall County
- Polk 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> | 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 Manvel, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manvel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |