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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 Napoleon (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 Napoleon. 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.

Napoleon is located in Logan County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Logan County: Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, McIntosh & Stutsman.

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

  • Logan County     (The home county of Napoleon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
    • Lehr
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehr
      • Lehr is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehr <2>
    • Gackle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gackle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gackle
      • Gackle is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gackle <2>
  • Burleigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
    • Moffit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Driscoll
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Emmons County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
    • Braddock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braddock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock
      • Braddock is located in Emmons County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Braddock <2>
    • Hazelton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
      • Hazelton is located in Emmons County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazelton <2>
    • Linton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
      • Linton is located in Emmons County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linton <2>
  • Kidder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Napoleon, with the one closest to Napoleon listed first.
    • Dawson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
      • Dawson is located in Kidder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <2>
    • Steele
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tappen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tappen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappen
      • Tappen is located in Kidder County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tappen <2>
    • Crystal Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
      • Crystal Springs is located in Kidder County
  • McIntosh County
    • Wishek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wishek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishek
      • Wishek is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 869 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wishek <2>
  • Stutsman County
    • Streeter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Streeter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter
      • Streeter is located in Stutsman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Streeter <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Napoleon ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Napoleon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Napoleon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Napoleon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Napoleon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Napoleon.

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 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 Napoleon:

Cemeteries Near Napoleon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Napoleon.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • St. Philips Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philips Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
  • Red Lake Community Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Lake Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Lake Community Cemetery
  • Tell Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tell Cemetery
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthonys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
  • Maria Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maria Cemetery
  • Millers Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millers Cemetery
  • Glueckstal Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Salems Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salems Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salems Cemetery
  • St. Lucas Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lucas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lucas Cemetery
  • Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
  • Continue List   (69 more) ...
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Reformed Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reformed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reformed Cemetery
    • Zion Reformed Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Napoleon had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Napoleon had a population of 760 people.

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

  • Steele
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Dawson
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
    • Dawson is located in Kidder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <2>
  • Tappen
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tappen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappen
    • Tappen is located in Kidder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tappen <2>
  • Crystal Springs
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Crystal Springs is located in Kidder County
  • Driscoll
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Napoleon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Napoleon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Napoleon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5036, Longitude: -99.7684       In this case, the coordinates for Napoleon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Napoleon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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