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 Morningside Terrace (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 Morningside Terrace. 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.
Name Variations for Morningside Terrace ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Morningside Terrace: Morningside Ter. (or less commonly used: Morningside Terr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Morningside Terrace is located in 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 Morningside Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morningside Terrace:
- Winona County (The home county of Morningside Terrace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Winona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Goodview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodview is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
- Wilson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Lamoille
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Minnesota City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockton is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Rollingstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyattville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyattville is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Nodine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nodine is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Lewiston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dakota
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dakota is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Fillmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Rushford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Rushford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Rushford Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Peterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bratsberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Whalan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lanesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Money Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Houston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- La Crescent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hokah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yucatan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Caledonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Olmsted County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eyota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wabasha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Minneiska
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Kellogg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Bluff Siding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Marshland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Fountain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Cochrane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Buffalo City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Waumandee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Montana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Lookout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Gilmanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Jackson County (WI)
- North Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- La Crosse County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Brice Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Holmen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- French Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- North La Crosse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Onalaska
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- Grand Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- La Crosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Mindoro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- West Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- Barre Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Trempealeau County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Wrights Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Trempealeau
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Galesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Frenchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Ettrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Blair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Whitehall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Coral City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morningside Terrace, see our County-by-County Page for Morningside Terrace.
Cemeteries Near Morningside Terrace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morningside Terrace.
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 Morningside Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morningside Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Witoka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Piper Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecklenburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frank Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Bohris Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fountain City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Morningside Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morningside Terrace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morningside Terrace, with the one closest to Morningside Terrace listed first.
- Sugarloaf
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugarloaf is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- East Winona
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Winona is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winona
- Winona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Bluff Siding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Wilson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Pine Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Creek is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Witoka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Witoka is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witoka
- Pickwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Lamoille
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Minnesota City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockton is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Fountain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Dodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dodge is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morningside Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morningside Terrace.
Newspapers Published in Morningside Terrace ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morningside Terrace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morningside Terrace, 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 Morningside Terrace.
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 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 Morningside Terrace:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Winona County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fillmore County
- Houston County
- Olmsted County
- Wabasha County
- Buffalo County
- Jackson County
- La Crosse County
- Trempealeau 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 Morningside Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Morningside Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |