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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 Power (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 Power. 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.

Power is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Traverse (MN), Wilkin (MN), Cass, Ransom, Sargent & Roberts (SD).

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

  • Richland County     (The home county of Power)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • Barrie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Barrie is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
    • Walcott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Colfax
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Christine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Wyndmere
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Barney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Galchutt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Galchutt is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
    • Abercrombie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Mooreton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
    • Dwight
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dwight is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Mantador
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • Nome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fingal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • Leonard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Woods
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Woods is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Kindred
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Davenport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaffee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Warren
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Warren is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Durbin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Durbin is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
    • Alice
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Alice is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Horace
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxbow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Oxbow is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Casselton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mapleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Wheatland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • McLeod
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Anselm
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Sheldon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Enderlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Elliott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
  • Sargent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • Milnor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gwinner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clay County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • Comstock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
    • Finkle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Finkle is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
  • Wilkin County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Power, with the one closest to Power listed first.
    • Wolverton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Wolverton is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Kent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Kent is located in Wilkin County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people

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

Cemeteries Near Power ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Power.

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

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

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

  • Zion Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Helendale Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Johnson - Vangsnes Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Barrie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Free Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nordmanna Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Leonard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Viking Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gol Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Christiania Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gol Aal Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (90 more) ...
    • Watson Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Perhus Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • SheldonCemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for SheldonCemetery
      • The SheldonCemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Marys Cemetery
      • Sheldon City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102489 <3>

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 Power had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Barrie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Barrie is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
  • Leonard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Coburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Coburn is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
  • Woods
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Woods is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
  • Venlo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Venlo is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venlo
  • Kindred
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheldon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Anselm
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Anselm is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
  • Davenport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Walcott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Warren
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Warren is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
  • Durbin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Durbin is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Colfax
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Buttzville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
    • De Lamere
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere

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

Newspapers Published in Power ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Power.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Power, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Power.

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 Power:

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 '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- Power) 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 Power, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.