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Introduction ...

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

We've added Beaver to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beaver, 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 Beaver (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 Beaver. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Beaver is historic, it would have been located within present day Winona County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Winona County: Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Buffalo (WI), La Crosse (WI) & Trempealeau (WI).

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

  • Winona County     (The home county of Beaver)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver, with the one closest to Beaver listed first.
    • Elba
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Elba is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Altura
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rollingstone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Charles
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Utica
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Minnesota City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lewiston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stockton is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
    • Goodview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Goodview is located in Winona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
    • Clyde
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Saratoga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Wyattville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Fillmore County
  • Goodhue County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver, with the one closest to Beaver listed first.
    • Bellechester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellechester is located in Goodhue County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
    • Frontenac
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Houston County
  • Olmsted County
  • Wabasha County
  • Buffalo County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver, with the one closest to Beaver listed first.
    • Buffalo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Buffalo City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cochrane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Alma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Fountain City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Anchorage ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Anchorage is located in Buffalo County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Nelson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Nelson is located in Buffalo County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Waumandee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bluff Siding
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Montana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Marshland is located in Buffalo County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
    • Savoy ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Savoy is located in Buffalo County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
  • Pepin County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver, with the one closest to Beaver listed first.
    • Pepin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lakeport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockholm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stockholm is located in Pepin County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Barry Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lund
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Trempealeau County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver, with the one closest to Beaver listed first.
    • Arcadia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wrights Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Trempealeau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people

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

Cemeteries Near Beaver ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaver.

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

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

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

  • Beaver Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Whitewater Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Young Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hoosier Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Aloysius Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fairwater Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Berea Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Little Valley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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.

Beaver itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 116 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Elba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Elba is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Oakridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakridge is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
  • Weaver
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Altura
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Minneiska
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Plainview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Buffalo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Rollingstone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Whitman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Whitman is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Cochrane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kellogg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Elgin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Elgin is located in Wabasha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Beaver ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver.

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

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 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 Beaver:

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 Beaver, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beaver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.