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 Oxbow (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 Oxbow. 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.
Oxbow is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Clay (MN), Norman (MN), Barnes, Ransom, Richland, Steele & Traill.
Below are the counties that are near Oxbow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oxbow:
- Cass County (The home county of Oxbow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxbow, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Wild Rice
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County
- Briarwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briarwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Briarwood is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Horace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Horace is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <2>
- Frontier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Frontier is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Prairie Rose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Kindred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
- Kindred is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <2>
- Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warren. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Warren is located in Cass County
- Davenport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Fargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fargo
- West Fargo is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,194 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Fargo <2>
- Reile's Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reile's Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
- Reile's Acres is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Durbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durbin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Durbin is located in Cass County
- Ransom County
- McLeod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxbow, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Christine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
- Christine is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <2>
- Walcott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Walcott is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <2>
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Abercrombie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barrie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
- Barrie is located in Richland County
- Galchutt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
- Galchutt is located in Richland County
- Dwight
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Dwight is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Fairview Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairview Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
- Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
- Mooreton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Barney is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barney <2>
- Wahpeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahpeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
- Wahpeton is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <2>
- Clay County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxbow, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Comstock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Finkle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
- Sabin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in Clay County (MN)
- Moorhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <2>
- Dilworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
- Dilworth is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilworth <2>
- Oakport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Oakport is located in Clay County (MN)
- Glyndon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kragnes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
- Kragnes is located in Clay County (MN)
- Muskoda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Muskoda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Muskoda is located in Clay County (MN)
- Hawley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Hawley is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,210 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <2>
- Otter Tail County (MN)
- Rothsay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothsay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsay
- Rothsay is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rothsay <2>
- Wilkin County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxbow, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Wolverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Kent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lawndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lawndale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Breckenridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oxbow, see our County-by-County Page for Oxbow.
Cemeteries Near Oxbow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oxbow.
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 Oxbow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oxbow, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Clara Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clara Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clara Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hoff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoff Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lower Wild Rice & Red River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Wild Rice & Red River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Wild Rice & Red River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- North Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Comstock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Comstock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Comstock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- South Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Christine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christine Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Eagle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Norman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wolverton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolverton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolverton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (84 more) ...
- Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Horace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horace Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Horace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
- 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.
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>
While we didn't find Oxbow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oxbow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oxbow, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Hickson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickson
- Hickson is located in Cass County
- Comstock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Wild Rice
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County
- Christine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
- Christine is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <2>
- Horace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Horace is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <2>
- Wolverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Walcott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Walcott is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <2>
- Sabin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Sabin is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Finkle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finkle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
- Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warren. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Warren is located in Cass County
- Kindred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
- Kindred is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <2>
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in Clay County (MN)
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- Davenport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moorhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Clay County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <2>
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oxbow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oxbow.
Newspapers Published in Oxbow ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oxbow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oxbow, 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 Oxbow.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Oxbow:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ransom County
- Richland County
- Clay County
- Otter Tail County
- Wilkin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Dakota
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oxbow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cass County: www.co.cass.nd.us/
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> | 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 Oxbow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oxbow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oxbow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6720, Longitude: -96.8019 In this case, the coordinates for Oxbow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |