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 Council Bay (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 Council Bay. 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.
Council Bay is located in La Crosse 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 La Crosse County: Houston (MN), Winona (MN), Jackson, Monroe, Trempealeau & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Council Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Council Bay:
- La Crosse County (The home county of Council Bay)
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Holmen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Brice Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Mindoro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Onalaska
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- French Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Grand Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- West Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- La Crosse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Barre Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Bangor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Marshland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Bluff Siding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Fountain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Waumandee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Montana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Cochrane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Melrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Taylor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Sechlerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Hixton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Black River Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- York
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- York is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Melvina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Galesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Frenchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Trempealeau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Wrights Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Blair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Whitehall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Coral City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Pigeon Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Stoddard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Coon Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Chaseburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Fillmore County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Rushford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Rushford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Rushford Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- La Crescent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hokah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Money Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Wabasha County (MN)
- Minneiska
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Dakota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Lamoille
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Nodine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Winona
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goodview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Minnesota City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stockton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stockton is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Rollingstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyattville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyattville is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Lewiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Council Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Council Bay.
Cemeteries Near Council Bay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Council Bay.
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 Council Bay - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Council Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Decorah Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sacia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Cliff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glasgow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hardies Creek Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Long Coulee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halfway Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vor Frelsers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ettrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trempealeau Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brice Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Council Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Council Bay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Council Bay, with the one closest to Council Bay listed first.
- Galesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- New Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Amsterdam is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Stevenstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stevenstown is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Frenchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Holmen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Trempealeau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Mindoro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Lamoille
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dakota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Pickwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pickwick is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Dresbach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dresbach is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresbach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Council Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Council Bay.
Newspapers Published in Council Bay ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Council Bay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Council Bay, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Council Bay.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Council Bay:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to La Crosse County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Trempealeau County
- Vernon County
- Fillmore County
- Houston County
- Wabasha County
- Winona 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> | 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 Council Bay, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Council Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |