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 Disco (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 Disco. 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 and hospitals 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.
Disco is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Clark, Eau Claire, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Disco. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Disco:
- Jackson County (The home county of Disco)
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Taylor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Sechlerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sechlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Black River Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Hixton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Alma Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- North Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Merrillan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Hatfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Requa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Buffalo County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Humbird
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Neillsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Crawford County
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Fairchild
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Hay Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Mindoro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Holmen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Rockland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- West Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Brice Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brice Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Onalaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Barre Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barre Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Grand Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- French Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Angelo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Warrens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Tunnel City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Ettrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Coral City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Pigeon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Whitehall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Frenchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Galesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Osseo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Arcadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Russell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Dakota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Lamoille
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Disco, see our County-by-County Page for Disco.
Newspapers Published in Disco ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Disco.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Disco, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Disco.
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 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 Disco:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winona County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Cemeteries Near Disco ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Disco.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Disco covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- French Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Creek Cemetery
- Colwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colwell Cemetery
- Morken Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morken Cemetery
- Olson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Stiehl Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stiehl Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stiehl Cemetery
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Creek Cemetery
- Sherwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Cemetery
- County Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Farm Cemetery
- Curran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curran Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89559 <3>
- Trump Coulee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trump Coulee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trump Coulee Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Irving Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Irving Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Irving Cemetery
- Olson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Sechlerville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sechlerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sechlerville Cemetery
- Irving Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Disco in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Disco.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Irving
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Sechlerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sechlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Hixton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Black River Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Hegg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Shamrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Sheppard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - North Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Alma Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- North Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- North Branch is located in Jackson County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ettrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Burr Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Northfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Northfield is located in Jackson County
- Ettrick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Disco. See our List of 1890's Communities around Disco.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Disco. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Disco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Disco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2622, Longitude: -91.0090 In this case, the coordinates for Disco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Disco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |