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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 Saunders (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 Saunders. 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 southeast 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 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.

Saunders is located in Douglas County.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Saunders)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saunders, with the one closest to Saunders listed first.
    • Superior Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Superior Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
    • Oliver
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Oliver is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
    • South Range
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Superior
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dedham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hawthorne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bennett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bennett is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
    • Cloverland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Lake Nebagamon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
    • Sauntry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Moose Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Solon Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
  • Carlton County (MN)
  • Lake County (MN)
  • Pine County (MN)
  • Saint Louis County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saunders, with the one closest to Saunders listed first.
    • Gary
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gary is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • New Duluth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Oneota
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Oneota is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
    • Proctor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Proctor is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <1>
    • Duluth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Adolph
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hermantown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hermantown is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermantown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermantown <1>
    • Arnold
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Arnold is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Clifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Twig
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Twig is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
    • Saginaw
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
    • Brookston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookston is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Saunders ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saunders.

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

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

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

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>

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

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

  • Boylston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Boylston is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
  • South Superior
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • South Superior is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Superior
  • Pokegama
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pokegama is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
  • South Range
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Itasca
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Itasca is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itasca
  • Cutter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cutter is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
  • Superior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • New Duluth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dedham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Smithville is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Oneota
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oneota is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
  • West Duluth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • West Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duluth
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fond du Lac
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
    • Duluth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Thomson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Thomson is located in Carlton County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
      • Estimated population in 2014: 158 people

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

Newspapers Published in Saunders ...

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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saunders.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saunders, 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 Saunders.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Saunders:

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