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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Anchorage. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Anchorage to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Anchorage, 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 Anchorage (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 Anchorage. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Anchorage is historic, it would have been located within present day Buffalo County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buffalo County: Wabasha (MN), Winona (MN), Eau Claire, Pepin & Trempealeau.
Below are the counties that are near Anchorage. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anchorage:
- Buffalo County (The home county of Anchorage)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Waumandee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Cochrane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Buffalo City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Montana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Fountain City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Gilmanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Lookout
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Bluff Siding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Nelson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Marshland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Pepin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Ella
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lakeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Durand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Barry Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Arkansaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Stockholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Lund
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Wrights Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Whitehall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Frenchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Galesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Coral City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Trempealeau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Ettrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Eleva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Olmsted County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Olmsted County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Potsdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Potsdam is located in Olmsted County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Eyota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eyota is located in Olmsted County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,992 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eyota <2>
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Minneiska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Kellogg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wabasha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reads Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Hammond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Minnesota City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rollingstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Goodview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
- Beaver ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Winona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stockton is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Altura
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Homer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lewiston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Utica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anchorage, see our County-by-County Page for Anchorage.
Cemeteries Near Anchorage ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anchorage.
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 Anchorage - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anchorage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Anchorage Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waumandee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buffalo City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buffalo City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Buffalo City.
- The Buffalo City Cemetery has also been known as:
- City of Buffalo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976241 <3>
- Eagle Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
Anchorage itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anchorage, with the one closest to Anchorage listed first.
- Cream
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cream is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream
- Waumandee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Cochrane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Herold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herold is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Montana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Minneiska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glencoe is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Whitman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whitman is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Weaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Fountain City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cortland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cortland is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Bohri ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bohri is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohri
- Rollingstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anchorage. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anchorage.
Newspapers Published in Anchorage ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anchorage.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anchorage, 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 Anchorage.
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 helpful 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 Anchorage:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Buffalo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pepin County
- Trempealeau County
- Olmsted County
- Wabasha County
- Winona County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Anchorage, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Anchorage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |