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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Saint George. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Saint George to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Saint George, please Contact Us.

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 Saint George (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 Saint George. 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 Saint George ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint George: St. George

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

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 southeast 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Saint George is historic, it would have been located within present day LaMoure 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 LaMoure County: Barnes, Dickey, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom & Stutsman.

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

  • LaMoure County     (The home county of Saint George)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint George, with the one closest to Saint George listed first.
    • Edgeley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Berlin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Kulm
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kulm is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulm <2>
    • Nortonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Nortonville is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
    • Jud
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jud is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jud <2>
    • Dickey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Grand Rapids
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • Adrian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Alfred
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Alfred is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
    • LaMoure
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Marion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint George, with the one closest to Saint George listed first.
    • Merricourt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
    • Monango
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Monango is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Fullerton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellendale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Glover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Forbes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Silverleaf
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint George, with the one closest to Saint George listed first.
    • Fredonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Gackle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lehr
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint George, with the one closest to Saint George listed first.
    • Millarton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Millarton is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton
    • Montpelier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ypsilanti
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Saint George ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint George.

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 Saint George - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Edgeley.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102191 <3>
  • Beresena Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • New Beresina Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • German Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Peace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Swede Twp. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Pomona Valley Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gradenfeld Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • American Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Assembly of God Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...

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.

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

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

  • Medberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Medberry is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medberry
  • Merricourt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
  • Berlin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Monango
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Monango is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
  • Dickey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Boynton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Boynton is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
  • Grand Rapids
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
  • Adrian
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Fullerton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sharlow
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Sharlow is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
  • LaMoure
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Duane
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Duane is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Montpelier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Clement
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Clement is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
    • Glover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Glover is located in Dickey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover

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

Newspapers Published in Saint George ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint George.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint George, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint George.

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 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 Saint George:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Saint George, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint George) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.