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 Arthur (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 Arthur. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Arthur is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Arthur. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arthur:
- Grant County (The home county of Arthur)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Livingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Platteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Montfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stitzer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Fennimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Cuba City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Dickeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Tennyson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Boydtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Wauzeka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Rewey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Edmund
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Mineral Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Dodgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Hollandale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Ridgeway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Hyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Elk Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Calamine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Shullsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- New Diggings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Gratiot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Wiota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Blanchardville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Balmoral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Westport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Lone Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Sextonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sauk County
- Spring Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Sherrill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sageville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Balltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Durango
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Balltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Waupeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Dubuque
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Cattese
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Rickardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Massey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Key West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Menominee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- East Dubuque
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Scales Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Apple River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arthur, see our County-by-County Page for Arthur.
Cemeteries Near Arthur ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arthur.
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 Arthur - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arthur covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- McReynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lydia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rock Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carmel Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Rewey.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321622 <2>
- Mifflin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Penniel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buckwheat Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- Whig Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Arthur had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Rewey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Livingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Mifflin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Leslie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Annaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Platteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Montfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Ellenboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellenboro is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
- Ipswich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ipswich is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswich
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Stitzer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arthur. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arthur.
Newspapers Published in Arthur ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arthur.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arthur, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arthur.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Arthur:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Jo Daviess County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arthur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Arthur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |