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 Cylon (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 Cylon. 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 and 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.
Cylon is located in Saint Croix 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 Saint Croix County: Washington (MN), Barron, Dunn, Pierce & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Cylon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cylon:
- Saint Croix County (The home county of Cylon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Erin Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Glenwood City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Star Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Baldwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Hammond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Hersey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Wilson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Somerset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Prairie Farm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Turtle Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Twin Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Almena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Poskin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Downing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Knapp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Ridgeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tainter Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Menomonie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Spring Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Martell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- River Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Morton Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Olivet
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- El Paso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Beldenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Elmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Trimbelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Amery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Deronda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Horse Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Volga ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Dresser
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Osceola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Balsam Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Bunyan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Centuria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Saint Croix Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Franconia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shafer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lindstrom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Otisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bayport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeland Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scandia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Saint Marys Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Afton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Afton is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,036 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
- Duluth Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cylon, see our County-by-County Page for Cylon.
Cemeteries Near Cylon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cylon.
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 Cylon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cylon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wagon Landing Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Amery Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Boardman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mound Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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 Cylon had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cylon, with the one closest to Cylon listed first.
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Emerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Stanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Hammond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Little Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Baldwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Star Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Downing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boardman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boardman is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Amery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Hersey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cylon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cylon.
Newspapers Published in Cylon ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cylon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cylon, 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 Cylon.
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 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 Cylon:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Saint Croix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Dunn County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Chisago County
- Washington 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 Cylon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cylon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |