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 Buena Vista (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 Buena Vista. 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 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.
Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buena Vista:
- Grant County (The home county of Buena Vista)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Tennyson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Dickeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Platteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Beetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Rutledge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Annaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Cuba City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Cassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Bridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Wauzeka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Boydtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Rewey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Mineral Point
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Edmund
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Elk Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Shullsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Calamine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Guttenberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Osterdock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Clayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Elkport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Garnavillo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Colesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Holy Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Rockville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Sherrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Old Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Waupeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Durango
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sageville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Rickardsville
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Asbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Dubuque
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cattese
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Graf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Holy Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Garry Owen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Smiths
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- East Dubuque
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Menominee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Scales Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buena Vista, see our County-by-County Page for Buena Vista.
Cemeteries Near Buena Vista ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buena Vista.
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 Buena Vista - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buena Vista covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- British Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Van Buren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boice Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hampton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boice Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kaump Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Piddington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whig Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aupperle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Buena Vista in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buena Vista.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- British Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- British Hollow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Hollow
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rockville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Potosi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellenboro is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
- Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Burton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Dickeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- McCartney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCartney is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Sherrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Waupeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Kieler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kieler is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieler
- Platteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buena Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buena Vista.
Newspapers Published in Buena Vista ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buena Vista.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buena Vista, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buena Vista.
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 Buena Vista:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson 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> | 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 Buena Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Buena Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |