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 Shepardson's Park (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 Shepardson's Park. 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 and doctors 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.
Shepardson's Park 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 Shepardson's Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shepardson's Park:
- Houston County (The home county of Shepardson's Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- La Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hokah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Houston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Money Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Reno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reno is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yucatan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Willington Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Eitzen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Spring Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bee is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Fillmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Rushford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Rushford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Bratsberg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Rushford Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Winona County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Dakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Nodine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nodine is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Lamoille
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Winona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wyattville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wyattville is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Goodview
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Stockton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Minnesota City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- New Albin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dorchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Quandahl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Buffalo County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Marshland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Bluff Siding
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Fountain City
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Crawford County (WI)
- De Soto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Jackson County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- North Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- La Crosse County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- La Crosse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
- North La Crosse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- French Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Grand Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Onalaska
(5 miles [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
- Brice Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holmen
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Barre Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- West Salem
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Saint Joseph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Bangor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Monroe County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Sparta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Cashton
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Melvina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Angelo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Trempealeau County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Trempealeau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Galesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Wrights Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Frenchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Ettrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Vernon County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Stoddard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Chaseburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Coon Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newton is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Newry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Newry is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Purdy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Westby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westby is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Retreat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Viroqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- West Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Liberty Pole
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shepardson's Park, see our County-by-County Page for Shepardson's Park.
Cemeteries Near Shepardson's Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shepardson's Park.
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 Shepardson's Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shepardson's Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- Crucifixion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Creek Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Convent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Toledo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Immanuel German Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoffman Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dresbach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruff Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Shepardson's Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shepardson's Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shepardson's Park, with the one closest to Shepardson's Park listed first.
- La Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- River Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- River Junction is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- La Crosse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
- North La Crosse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Grand Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Dresbach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dresbach is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresbach
- Medary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Medary is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
- Hokah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Onalaska
(5 miles [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
- Dakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota is located in Winona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Calvert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Holmen
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Barre Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shepardson's Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shepardson's Park.
Newspapers Published in Shepardson's Park ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shepardson's Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shepardson's Park, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shepardson's Park.
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 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 Shepardson's Park:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fillmore County
- Winona County
- Allamakee County
- Buffalo County
- Crawford County
- Jackson 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <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 Shepardson's Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Shepardson's Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |