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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 Buffalo City (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 Buffalo City. 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.

Buffalo City is located in 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 Buffalo City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buffalo City:

  • Buffalo County     (The home county of Buffalo City)
  • Pepin County
  • Trempealeau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo City, with the one closest to Buffalo City listed first.
    • Arcadia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • New City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • New City is located in Trempealeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
    • Wrights Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Independence
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Independence is located in Trempealeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
    • Russell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Trempealeau
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Frenchville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Galesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Whitehall
      (28 miles [45.1 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
    • Ettrick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
    • Coral City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
    • Eleva
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fillmore County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo City, with the one closest to Buffalo City listed first.
    • Rushford Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • Rushford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Rushford is located in Fillmore County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,695 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rushford <1>
    • Peterson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • South Rushford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Houston County (MN)
  • Olmsted County (MN)
  • Wabasha County (MN)
  • Winona County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo City, with the one closest to Buffalo City listed first.
    • Rollingstone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Beaver ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Minnesota City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Altura
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Altura is located in Winona County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altura <1>
    • Elba
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Goodview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
    • Stockton
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Winona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewiston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Utica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Utica is located in Winona County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <1>
    • Homer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Saint Charles
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buffalo City, see our County-by-County Page for Buffalo City.

Cemeteries Near Buffalo City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buffalo City.

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 Buffalo City - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buffalo City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buffalo City, with the one closest to Buffalo City listed first.

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.<3>

While we didn't find Buffalo City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buffalo City.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Buffalo City, with the one closest to Buffalo City listed first.

  • Buffalo
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Cochrane
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Minneiska
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Weaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Anchorage ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Herold
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Herold is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
  • Whitman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitman is located in Winona County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Alma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cream
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cream is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream
  • Oakridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Oakridge is located in Winona County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
  • Kellogg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kellogg is located in Wabasha County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <1>
  • Beaver ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buffalo City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalo City.

Newspapers Published in Buffalo City ...

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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalo City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buffalo City, 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 Buffalo City.

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 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 Buffalo City:

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>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 Buffalo City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Buffalo City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.