Our Genealogy Helper
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 Stanley (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 Stanley. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Stanley is primarily located in Chippewa County. A portion of Stanley extends into Clark County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Stanley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanley:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Stanley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Boyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Cadott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Drywood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Cornell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Lake Wissota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wissota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Chippewa Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Eagleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Irvine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Lake Hallie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Bloomer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Eidsvold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Eadsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Thorp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Reseburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Withee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Owen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Atwood is located in Clark County
- Curtiss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Globe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Loyal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Augusta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Fall Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Fairchild
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Hay Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Altoona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Allen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Eau Claire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Jackson County
- Requa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Requa
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Conrath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Lublin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Polley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Gilman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Jump River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Trempealeau County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanley, see our County-by-County Page for Stanley.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stanley ...
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 Stanley.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stanley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stanley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stanley.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Stanley.
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 Stanley:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Taylor County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Chippewa County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Stanley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanley.
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 Stanley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Eidsvold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eidsvold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eidsvold Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Germanian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Germanian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Germanian Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Worden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Worden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Worden Cemetery
- Norwegian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Cemetery
- Walker - Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker - Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker - Jackson Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- St. Hedwig Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hedwig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hedwig Cemetery
- East Thorp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Thorp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Thorp Cemetery
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bernard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bernard Cemetery
- St. Hedwig Cemetery
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stanley had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Stanley had a population of 3,705 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
- Eidsvold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Boyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Edson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Thorp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Lombard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Cadott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Huron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Ludington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Drywood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Withee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Bateman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Longwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fall Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Augusta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Fall Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stanley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chippewa County: www.co.chippewa.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stanley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stanley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9625, Longitude: -90.9429 In this case, the coordinates for Stanley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Stanley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |