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 Pine Estates (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 Pine Estates. 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 Pine Estates ...
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 Pine Estates: Pine Ests.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Pine Estates 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 Pine Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Estates:
- Houston County (The home county of Pine Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Caledonia
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willington Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Wilmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Eitzen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Yucatan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Reno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Hokah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riceford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riceford is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Money Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Fillmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Bratsberg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Mabel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Rushford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Newburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Rushford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rushford Village
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whalan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lanesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Preston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Winona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Nodine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nodine is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- 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
- Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Lamoille
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Wyattville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyattville is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Homer is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Winona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Lewiston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Quandahl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- New Albin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lycurgus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Waukon
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Elon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Dalby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Winneshiek County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Highlandville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Hesper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Burr Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Decorah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kendallville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kendallville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendallville
- Buffalo County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Bluff Siding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Marshland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Crawford County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- De Soto
(21 miles [33.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Ferryville
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- La Crosse County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- La Crosse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Grand Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Onalaska
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Brice Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Holmen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- West Salem
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Middle Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Trempealeau County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Trempealeau
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Wrights Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Vernon County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Stoddard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Genoa
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Chaseburg
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Newton is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Purdy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Coon Valley
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Fargo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Viroqua
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Estates.
Cemeteries Near Pine Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Estates.
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 Pine Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Old Caledonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Houston County Poor Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grove Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Lutheran Cemetery is located
- Union Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sheldon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Messeral Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmington Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hackett's Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Pine Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Estates, with the one closest to Pine Estates listed first.
- Caledonia
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willington Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Sheldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheldon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Wilmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Freeburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freeburg is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eitzen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Black Hammer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Hammer is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hammer
- Bee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yucatan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Reno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Hokah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Estates.
Newspapers Published in Pine Estates ...
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 Pine Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Estates, 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 Pine Estates.
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 Pine Estates:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fillmore County
- Winona County
- Allamakee County
- Winneshiek County
- Buffalo County
- Crawford County
- La Crosse 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 Pine Estates, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |