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 Cashton (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 Cashton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cashton is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Cashton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cashton:
- Monroe County (The home county of Cashton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Melvina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Oil City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Norwalk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Wilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Kendall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Tomah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Tunnel City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Oakdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Wyeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Valley Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Towerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Rising Sun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Soldiers Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Gays Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Freeman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- De Soto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Melrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- North Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Elroy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Union Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Hustler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Wonewoc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Camp Douglas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Rockland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Saint Joseph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Bangor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Barre Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- West Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Grand Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- La Crosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Mindoro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Onalaska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- North La Crosse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- French Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Viola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Yuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Bloom City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Sabin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Gillingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Hub City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Newry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Westby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Ontario
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Coon Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Viroqua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- La Farge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mount Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Chaseburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Liberty Pole
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Trippville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Allamakee County (IA)
- New Albin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- La Crescent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Reno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Hokah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cashton, see our County-by-County Page for Cashton.
Cemeteries Near Cashton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cashton.
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 Cashton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cashton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Moen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clinton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Our Saviours Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bad Axe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Hilltop Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wanderers Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Cashton had a population of 249 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cashton had a population of 1,111 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cashton, with the one closest to Cashton listed first.
- Newry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Melvina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Bloomingdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Saint Marys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Westby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Avalanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Avalanche is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalanche
- Ontario
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Oil City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Middle Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Norwalk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Coon Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Esofea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Esofea is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esofea
- Rockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Springville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cashton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cashton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cashton ...
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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cashton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cashton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cashton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cashton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Cashton.
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 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 Cashton:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jackson County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Houston 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 Cashton, 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' (or 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- Cashton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |