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 Freeburg (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 Freeburg. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Freeburg is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Allamakee (IA), Winneshiek (IA), Fillmore, Winona, La Crosse (WI) & Vernon (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Freeburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freeburg:
- Houston County (The home county of Freeburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Reno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Caledonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Eitzen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Wilmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Hokah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willington Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Bee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Houston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- La Crescent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yucatan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Riceford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riceford is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Fillmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Mabel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bratsberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Newburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Rushford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Rushford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Rushford Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Peterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whalan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Winona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Dakota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dakota is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Nodine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nodine is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Lamoille
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Homer is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- New Albin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quandahl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lycurgus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Dalby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Elon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Waukon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waukon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <1>
- Waterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Rossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Harpers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winneshiek County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Highlandville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Hesper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Burr Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Decorah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- De Soto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Freeman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Ferryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Rising Sun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Towerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- La Crosse County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Shelby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- La Crosse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- French Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Grand Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Onalaska
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- Barre Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Saint Joseph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Brice Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holmen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Middle Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- West Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Monroe County (WI)
- Cashton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Trempealeau County (WI)
- Trempealeau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Vernon County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Genoa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Chaseburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Newton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Newton is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Purdy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Coon Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Retreat
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Fargo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty Pole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Viroqua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Westby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Westby is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Newry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newry is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freeburg, see our County-by-County Page for Freeburg.
Cemeteries Near Freeburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freeburg.
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 Freeburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freeburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Church of Peace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hackett's Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Neumann Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Steele Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grove Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Winnebago Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Veterans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Old Caledonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Freeburg had a population of 54 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freeburg, with the one closest to Freeburg listed first.
- Reno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Caledonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Eitzen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- New Albin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Wilmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Willington Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Hokah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Victory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Victory is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Romance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Romance is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Dorchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvert is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freeburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freeburg.
Newspapers Published in Freeburg ...
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 174 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freeburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freeburg, 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 Freeburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Freeburg:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fillmore County
- Winona County
- Allamakee County
- Winneshiek County
- Crawford County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Trempealeau County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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> | 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 Freeburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Freeburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |