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 Cuba 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 Cuba 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Cuba City is primarily located in Grant County. A portion of Cuba City extends into Lafayette 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Cuba City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cuba City:
- Grant County (The home county of Cuba City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Dickeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Platteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Tennyson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Livingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Stitzer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Rewey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mineral Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Dodgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Elk Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Calamine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Gratiot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Wiota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Dubuque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Cattese
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Massey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Sageville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Rockdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Key West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Asbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Durango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sherrill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Old Balltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Balltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smiths
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Garry Owen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Springbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carroll County (IL)
- Blackhawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Menominee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Scales Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Dubuque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Apple River
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warren
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cuba City, see our County-by-County Page for Cuba City.
Cemeteries Near Cuba City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cuba 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 Cuba City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cuba City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Smelser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Elk Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jamestown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Masonic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Clara Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Piddington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Cuba City had a population of 316 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cuba City had a population of 2,047 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cuba City, with the one closest to Cuba City listed first.
- Elmo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Lead Mine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Bigpatch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bigpatch is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigpatch
- Meekers Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meekers Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meekers Grove
- Strawbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Strawbridge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawbridge
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Elk Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Louisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Louisburg is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
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- New Diggings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Sinsinawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sinsinawa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinsinawa
- Ipswich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ipswich is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswich
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cuba City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cuba City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cuba 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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cuba City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cuba City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cuba City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cuba City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Cuba City.
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 Cuba City:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess 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 Cuba City, 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 from Point A (ie- Cuba City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |