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 Brodtville (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 Brodtville. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Brodtville 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 Brodtville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brodtville:
- Grant County (The home county of Brodtville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Patch Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Bagley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Wyalusing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Glen Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- North Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Beetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Mount Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Werley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Woodman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Bridgeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Prairie du Chien
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Wauzeka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Eastman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Charme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Boydtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Steuben
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Bell Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Ferryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Gays Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Richland County
- Westport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Ion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waukon Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Harpers Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Volney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Waterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Rossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Dalby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Elon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Postville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waukon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Clayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- McGregor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Guttenberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garnavillo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Clayton Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Watson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Osterdock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Farmersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Millville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Saint Olaf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Colesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Edgewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Greeley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Waupeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Holy Cross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Luxemburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Old Balltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Rickardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Sherrill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Vienna is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Bankston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Durango
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clermont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Illyria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Illyria is located in Fayette County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illyria
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brodtville, see our County-by-County Page for Brodtville.
Cemeteries Near Brodtville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brodtville.
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 Brodtville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brodtville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Flint Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patch Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bagley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union - Lumpkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clayton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie du Chien Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Norsk Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Blake Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gran Grae Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moody Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Brodtville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brodtville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brodtville, with the one closest to Brodtville listed first.
- Bridgeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Bagley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Wyalusing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Clayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Eckards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eckards is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckards
- Glen Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Prairie du Chien
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- McGregor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- North Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Garnavillo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ceres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ceres is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
- Guttenberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yellow River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow River is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brodtville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brodtville.
Newspapers Published in Brodtville ...
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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brodtville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brodtville, 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 Brodtville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Brodtville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Richland County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Fayette 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brodtville) 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 Brodtville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |