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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 Medberry (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 Medberry. 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 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.

Medberry is located in LaMoure 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 LaMoure County: Barnes, Dickey, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom & Stutsman.

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

  • LaMoure County     (The home county of Medberry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medberry, with the one closest to Medberry listed first.
    • Edgeley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Berlin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Grand Rapids
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • Dickey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Nortonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Nortonville is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
    • LaMoure
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Adrian
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Jud
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jud is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jud <1>
    • Kulm
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Kulm is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulm <1>
    • Marion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alfred
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Alfred is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
    • Verona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Barnes County
    • Litchville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medberry, with the one closest to Medberry listed first.
    • Merricourt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
    • Monango
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Monango is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Fullerton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Ellendale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Norway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Norway is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Silverleaf
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
    • Forbes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Guelph
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Guelph is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
    • Oakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medberry, with the one closest to Medberry listed first.
    • Fredonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Gackle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medberry, with the one closest to Medberry listed first.
    • Millarton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Millarton is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton
    • Montpelier
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ypsilanti
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Medberry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Medberry.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Edgeley.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102191 <2>
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Peace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Beresena Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Beresina Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dickey Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Merricourt Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • German Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Gradenfeld Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Rosehill Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosehill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of LaMoure.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102360 <2>
    • Swede Twp. Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pomona Valley Lutheran Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Medberry had a population of 23 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Berlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Grand Rapids
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
  • Merricourt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
  • Dickey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Monango
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Monango is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
  • Boynton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Boynton is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
  • LaMoure
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Adrian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Fullerton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Duane
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Duane is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
  • Montpelier
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Clement
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Clement is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sharlow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sharlow is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
    • Glover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Verona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Medberry ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Medberry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Medberry, 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 Medberry.

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 Medberry:

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 Medberry, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Medberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.