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 Cream (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 Cream. 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 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.
Cream 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 Cream. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cream:
- Buffalo County (The home county of Cream)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Waumandee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Montana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Cochrane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Buffalo City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Alma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Gilmanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Lookout
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Nelson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Fountain City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Dunnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Rock Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Eau Galle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Meridean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Eau Claire County
- Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Ella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Pepin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Lakeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Durand
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Barry Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Arkansaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Lund
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Stockholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Pierce County
- Plum City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Whitehall
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Wrights Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Eleva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Coral City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Strum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Frenchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Blair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Ettrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Olmsted County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potsdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Potsdam is located in Olmsted County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Viola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Olmsted County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Minneiska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Kellogg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wabasha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Reads Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Plainview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
- Jarrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Hammond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Minnesota City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rollingstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beaver ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Goodview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
- Stockton
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Altura
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lewiston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Utica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cream, see our County-by-County Page for Cream.
Cemeteries Near Cream ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cream.
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 Cream - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cream covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Anchorage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waumandee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buffalo City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Buffalo City.
- The Buffalo City Cemetery has also been known as:
- City of Buffalo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976241 <2>
- Lincoln Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (157 more) ...
- Lower Montana Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Modena Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cream had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cream, with the one closest to Cream listed first.
- Herold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Herold is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herold
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Waumandee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Montana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Cochrane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Alma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Glencoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glencoe is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Minneiska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Modena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Modena is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Whitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitman is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Midland Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Midland Junction is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Junction
- Kellogg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cortland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cream. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cream.
Newspapers Published in Cream ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cream.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cream, 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 Cream.
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 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 Cream:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Buffalo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunn County
- Eau Claire County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Trempealeau County
- Olmsted 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 Cream, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cream) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |