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 Cadott (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 Cadott. 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 hospitals 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.
Cadott is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Cadott. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cadott:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Cadott)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Boyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Drywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Lake Wissota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Stanley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Chippewa Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Eagleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Irvine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Lake Hallie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Cornell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Estella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Bloomer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Albertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Eidsvold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eadsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Thorp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Thorp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Reseburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Willard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Withee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Owen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Elk Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Colfax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Rock Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Fall Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Seymour
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Altoona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Augusta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Eau Claire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Allen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Hay Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Fairchild
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lufkin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Requa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Levis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Levis is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Sheldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sheldon is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Conrath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Bellinger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellinger is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellinger
- Polley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Gilman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Lublin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lublin is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hughey is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Osseo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Eleva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Strum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cadott, see our County-by-County Page for Cadott.
Cemeteries Near Cadott ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cadott.
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 Cadott - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cadott covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Brooklawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Goetz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bateman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walker - Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Copp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ludington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Bridgets Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cadott had a population of 889 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cadott had a population of 1,411 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cadott, with the one closest to Cadott listed first.
- Bateman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bateman is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Edson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edson is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Boyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Drywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Ludington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ludington is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Stanley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Chippewa Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Eidsvold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eagleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagle Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Irvine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Fall Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Huron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Estella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Altoona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cadott. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cadott.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cadott ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cadott.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cadott. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cadott and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cadott.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Cadott.
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 Cadott:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Chippewa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Dunn County
- Eau Claire County
- Jackson County
- Rusk County
- Taylor County
- Trempealeau County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Cadott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cadott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |