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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 Venlo (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 Venlo. 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.

Venlo is located in Ransom 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 Ransom County: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Richland & Sargent.

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

  • Ransom County     (The home county of Venlo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venlo, with the one closest to Venlo listed first.
    • Sheldon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • McLeod
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Enderlin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisbon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Elliott
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Fort Ransom
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venlo, with the one closest to Venlo listed first.
    • Nome
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fingal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fingal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
      • Fingal is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fingal <1>
    • Kathryn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venlo, with the one closest to Venlo listed first.
    • Leonard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Woods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
      • Woods is located in Cass County
    • Alice
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Alice is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Chaffee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Davenport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Kindred
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Durbin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durbin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
      • Durbin is located in Cass County
    • Warren
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Warren is located in Cass County
    • Wheatland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
      • Wheatland is located in Cass County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <1>
    • Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
      • Buffalo is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <1>
    • Casselton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • LaMoure County
    • Verona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in LaMoure County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verona <1>
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venlo, with the one closest to Venlo listed first.
    • Barrie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
      • Barrie is located in Richland County
    • Wyndmere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Walcott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Barney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Colfax
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Christine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Mooreton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooreton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreton
      • Mooreton is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooreton <1>
  • Sargent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venlo, with the one closest to Venlo listed first.
    • Milnor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
      • Milnor is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <1>
    • Gwinner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gwinner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwinner
      • Gwinner is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gwinner <1>
    • Stirum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
    • Forman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forman
      • Forman is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forman <1>
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ransom City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
    • Cayuga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
      • Cayuga is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <1>
    • Rutland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Rutland is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutland <1>
    • Cogswell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cogswell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogswell
      • Cogswell is located in Sargent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cogswell <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Venlo ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Venlo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Venlo, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Venlo.

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 either 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 Venlo:

Cemeteries Near Venlo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Venlo.

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

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

  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Free Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Free Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Free Lutheran Cemetery
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
  • SheldonCemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeman Cemetery
  • St. Olaf Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Olaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Olaf Cemetery
  • Enderlin City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Nordmanna Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nordmanna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nordmanna Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Anderson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
    • Leonard Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leonard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leonard Cemetery
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Venlo had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Anselm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anselm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Anselm is located in Ransom County
  • Sheldon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Buttzville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttzville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
    • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
  • Coburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
    • Coburn is located in Ransom County
  • Power
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
    • Power is located in Richland County
  • Lisbon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Leonard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Milnor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnor
    • Milnor is located in Sargent County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnor <1>
  • De Lamere
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Lamere have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
    • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
  • Barrie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
    • Barrie is located in Richland County
  • Woods
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Woods is located in Cass County
  • Lucca
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucca
    • Lucca is located in Barnes County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Wyndmere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Ransom
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hamlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
      • Hamlin is located in Sargent County

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

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

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>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.
<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- Venlo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Venlo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4864, Longitude: -97.4462       In this case, the coordinates for Venlo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Venlo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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