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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 Neche (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 Neche. 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.

Neche 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 Neche. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neche:

  • Pembina County     (The home county of Neche)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neche, with the one closest to Neche listed first.
    • Bathgate
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Leroy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Leroy is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Hamilton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Backoo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Backoo is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
    • Pembina
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cavalier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Huron City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Huron City is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron City
    • McArthur
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • McArthur is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
    • Akra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Akra is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
    • Svold
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Svold is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svold
    • Walhalla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Joliette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Joliette is located in Pembina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
    • Glasston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Cavalier County
    • Hanks Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
  • Kittson County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neche, with the one closest to Neche listed first.
    • Saint Vincent
      (14 miles [22.5 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Noyes is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes
    • Humboldt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Humboldt is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Mattson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mattson is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattson
    • Hallock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hallock is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallock <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Neche ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neche.

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

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

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Neche.
  • Gretna RC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gretna Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Edenburg Mennonite Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • First Bergthaler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bruce Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Altona Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Neubergthal Village Mennonite Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tyner Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bathgate Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Altona City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery is located in Altona (MB).
      • The Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Altona Old Sommerfeld Cemetery
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Neche had a population of 314 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Neche had a population of 338 people.

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

  • Bathgate
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Leroy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Leroy is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Backoo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Backoo is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
  • Hamilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cavalier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pembina
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Saint Vincent
    (14 miles [22.5 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
  • Akra
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Akra is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
  • Walhalla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Joliette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Joliette is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
  • Hallson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hallson is located in Pembina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallson
  • Glasston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Canton City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Humboldt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Humboldt is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Olga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Olga is located in Cavalier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Neche ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neche.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Neche. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Neche and those printed in the larger area surrounding Neche.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Neche.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Neche:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Neche) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Neche, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.