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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 Rogers (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 Rogers. 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.

Name Variations for Rogers ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

While the name of this city is Rogers, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rogers may originally have been Roger's.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rogers. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rogers.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Rogers is located in Barnes 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 Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

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

  • Barnes County     (The home county of Rogers)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
    • Leal
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Leal is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Dazey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
    • Sanborn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Eckelson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wimbledon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Valley City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
    • Valley City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sibley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sibley is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Pillsbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
    • Oriska
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fingal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
    • Tower City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Nolan ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Nolan is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
    • Page
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Griggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
    • Walum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Walum is located in Griggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
    • Hannaford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cooperstown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Sutton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Steele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
    • Luverne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
    • Spiritwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Spiritwood Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Courtenay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloom
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
    • Frontier Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
    • Jamestown Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
    • Jamestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ypsilanti
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkhurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Kensal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buchanan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Rogers ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogers.

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

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

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

  • Dazey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Nebo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodbine Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Catherines Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Valley City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102029 <3>
  • Lyster Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hannaford Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • Spiritwood Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Memory Gardens Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Luverne Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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>

While we didn't find Rogers in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rogers.

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

  • Odell ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Odell is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
  • Dazey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sanborn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
  • Berea
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Berea is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Urbana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Urbana is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Valley City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Spiritwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannaford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Oriska
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloom
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
  • Cuba
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Cooperstown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Parkhurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Jamestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Rogers ...

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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogers.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Rogers. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Rogers and those printed in the larger area surrounding Rogers.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Rogers.

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 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 Rogers:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rogers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rogers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.