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 Blair (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 Blair. 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 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.
Blair is located in Trempealeau County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Trempealeau County: Winona (MN), Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson & La Crosse.
Below are the counties that are near Blair. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blair:
- Trempealeau County (The home county of Blair)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Coral City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Whitehall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Ettrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Pigeon Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Frenchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- New City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Galesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Osseo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Strum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Lookout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Montana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Marshland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Waumandee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Bluff Siding
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bluff Siding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Gilmanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Fountain City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Mondovi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Cochrane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Clark County
- Humbird
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Humbird
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lynxville
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Hay Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Allen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Fairchild
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Augusta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Taylor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Hixton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- North Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Levis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Black River Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Alma Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Requa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Merrillan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Hatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Mindoro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Holmen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Brice Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brice Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Onalaska
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - West Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- French Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Bangor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Lamoille
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Winona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Winona is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,545 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <3>
- Dakota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Nodine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Goodview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Minnesota City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesota City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota City
- Minnesota City is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minnesota City <3>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blair, see our County-by-County Page for Blair.
Cemeteries Near Blair ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blair.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blair covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Corness Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corness Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corness Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Carpenter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trump Coulee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trump Coulee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trump Coulee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89559 <4>
- Tinnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinnes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Faith Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Lutheran Cemetery
- The Faith Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2262850 <4>
- Old Whitehall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Whitehall Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Whitehall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Ettrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ettrick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ettrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Curran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Curran Coulee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curran Coulee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curran Coulee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ettrick Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blair had a population of 205 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Blair had a population of 1,330 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Hegg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Whitehall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Ettrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Pigeon Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Frenchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Hale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Hixton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Northfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Northfield is located in Jackson County
- Elk Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Galesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- North Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Arcadia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blair. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blair.
Newspapers Published in Blair ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blair.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blair, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blair.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Blair:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winona County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Trempealeau County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Trempealeau County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blair. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Trempealeau County: www.tremplocounty.com/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Blair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blair) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2958, Longitude: -91.2302 In this case, the coordinates for Blair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |