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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 New Leipzig (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 New Leipzig. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

New Leipzig is located in Grant County.

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 Grant County: Adams, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux & Stark.

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

  • Grant County     (The home county of New Leipzig)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Leipzig, with the one closest to New Leipzig listed first.
    • Elgin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
    • Leith
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
      • Leith is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Johnson Ford ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
      • Johnson Ford is located in Grant County
    • Carson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • Carson is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carson <2>
    • Lark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
      • Lark is located in Grant County
    • Raleigh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Saint Gertrude
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gertrude
      • Saint Gertrude is located in Grant County
  • Hettinger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Leipzig, with the one closest to New Leipzig listed first.
    • Mott
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
      • Mott is located in Hettinger County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mott <2>
    • Regent
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
      • Regent is located in Hettinger County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Regent <2>
  • Morton County
    • Glen Ullin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near New Leipzig ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Leipzig.

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 New Leipzig covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Congregation Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Congregation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Congregation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Odessa Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odessa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odessa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • American Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Assembly of God Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bethesda United Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Philadelphia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philadelphia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Philadelphia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Fleak Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fleak Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fleak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Burt Hope Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burt Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burt Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pilgerheim Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilgerheim Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilgerheim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in New Leipzig ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Leipzig.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Leipzig, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Leipzig.

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 New Leipzig:

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- New Leipzig) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Leipzig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3761, Longitude: -101.9501       In this case, the coordinates for New Leipzig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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