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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 Rolette (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 Rolette. 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 hospitals 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.

Rolette is located in Rolette 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 Rolette County: Bottineau, Pierce & Towner.

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

  • Rolette County     (The home county of Rolette)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolette, with the one closest to Rolette listed first.
    • Shell Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Valley
      • Shell Valley is located in Rolette County
    • Mylo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mylo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mylo
      • Mylo is located in Rolette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mylo <2>
    • Belcourt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dunseith
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunseith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunseith
      • Dunseith is located in Rolette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunseith <2>
    • San Haven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Haven
      • San Haven is located in Rolette County
    • Agate
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Rolla
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
      • Rolla is located in Rolette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <2>
    • East Dunseith
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Dunseith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dunseith
      • East Dunseith is located in Rolette County
    • Saint John
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Rolette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint John <2>
    • Kelvin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
      • Kelvin is located in Rolette County
  • Benson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolette, with the one closest to Rolette listed first.
    • Pleasant Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
      • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
    • Knox
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Knox is located in Benson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <2>
    • York
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bottineau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolette, with the one closest to Rolette listed first.
    • Overly
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overly
      • Overly is located in Bottineau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Willow City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow City
      • Willow City is located in Bottineau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow City <2>
    • Omemee ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omemee
      • Omemee is located in Bottineau County
    • Bottineau
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bottineau have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottineau
      • Bottineau is located in Bottineau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bottineau <2>
    • Gardena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
      • Gardena is located in Bottineau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • McHenry County
    • Berwick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in McHenry County
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolette, with the one closest to Rolette listed first.
    • Wolford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolford
      • Wolford is located in Pierce County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolford <2>
    • Barton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Barton is located in Pierce County
    • Rugby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Towner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolette, with the one closest to Rolette listed first.
    • Perth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bisbee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bisbee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bisbee
      • Bisbee is located in Towner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bisbee <2>
    • Rocklake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hansboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hansboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansboro
      • Hansboro is located in Towner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hansboro <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Rolette ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rolette.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Rolette. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Rolette and those printed in the larger area surrounding Rolette.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Rolette.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Rolette:

Cemeteries Near Rolette ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rolette.

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

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

  • Rolette Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rolette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rolette Cemetery
  • Westland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westland Cemetery
  • North Ox Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Ox Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Ox Creek Cemetery
  • St. Edward Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Edward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Edward Cemetery
  • South Ox Creek Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
  • Maryville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maryville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maryville Cemetery
  • Mylo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mylo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mylo Cemetery
  • White Stone Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Stone Cemetery
  • Emanuel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emanuel Cemetery
  • St. Anns Addition Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Addition Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Addition Cemetery
  • Zion Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Willow Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Creek Cemetery
    • An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground

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 Rolette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rolette.

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

  • Belcourt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Dunseith
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunseith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunseith
    • Dunseith is located in Rolette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunseith <2>
  • Rolla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
    • Rolla is located in Rolette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,273 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <2>
  • Perth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Barton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Barton is located in Pierce County
  • Willow City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow City
    • Willow City is located in Bottineau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow City <2>
  • Pleasant Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
    • Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County
  • Saint John
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
    • Saint John is located in Rolette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint John <2>
  • Rugby
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Bisbee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bisbee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bisbee
      • Bisbee is located in Towner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bisbee <2>
    • Knox
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Knox is located in Benson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <2>
    • Omemee ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omemee
      • Omemee is located in Bottineau County
    • Berwick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in McHenry County
    • York
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bottineau
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bottineau have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottineau
      • Bottineau is located in Bottineau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,147 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bottineau <2>

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

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rolette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rolette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6640, Longitude: -99.8432    
<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>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 Rolette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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