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 Diamond Grove (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 Diamond Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Diamond Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Diamond Grove: Diamond Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Diamond Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Diamond Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Diamond Grove is located in Grant 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 Diamond Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Diamond Grove:
- Grant County (The home county of Diamond Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Beetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- North Andover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Cassville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Glen Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Patch Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Bagley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Potosi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Tennyson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Mount Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Wyalusing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Bridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Wauzeka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Prairie du Chien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Boydtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Eastman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Charme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Rewey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Elk Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Ion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waukon Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Harpers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Guttenberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Osterdock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Clayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Garnavillo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Garber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Elkport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- McGregor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Littleport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Littleport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Colesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Almoral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Greeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Earlville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Rockville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Delaware
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Waupeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Holy Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Rickardsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Sherrill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Durango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bankston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- New Vienna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Vienna is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Graf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Asbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Sageville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- East Dubuque
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Diamond Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Diamond Grove.
Cemeteries Near Diamond Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Diamond Grove.
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 Diamond Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Diamond Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Beetown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cassville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sprauge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blake Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gockel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Charlotte Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Diamond Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Diamond Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Diamond Grove, with the one closest to Diamond Grove listed first.
- Beetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- North Andover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Cassville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- North Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Burton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Hurricane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Turkey River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Waupeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- McCartney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McCartney is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
- Glen Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Guttenberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Balltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Eckards
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eckards is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckards
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Diamond Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Diamond Grove.
Newspapers Published in Diamond Grove ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Diamond Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Diamond Grove, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Diamond Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Diamond Grove:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque 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 Diamond Grove, 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- Diamond Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |