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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 Eadsville (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 Eadsville. 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 and doctors 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.

Eadsville is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Taylor & Wood.

Below are the counties that are near Eadsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eadsville:

  • Clark County     (The home county of Eadsville)
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eadsville, with the one closest to Eadsville listed first.
    • Stanley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
    • Boyd
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
    • Cadott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
    • Drywood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Estella
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
    • Lake Wissota
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
    • Chippewa Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Eagleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Irvine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Hallie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
  • Eau Claire County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eadsville, with the one closest to Eadsville listed first.
    • Augusta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
    • Fall Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
    • Fairchild
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hay Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Seymour
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
  • Marathon County
    • Unity
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Unity is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eadsville, with the one closest to Eadsville listed first.
    • Sheldon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sheldon is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Conrath
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Conrath is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
  • Taylor County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eadsville, see our County-by-County Page for Eadsville.

Cemeteries Near Eadsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eadsville.

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 Eadsville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eadsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eadsville, with the one closest to Eadsville listed first.

  • Eidsvold Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • East Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Hedwig Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • East Thorp Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Bernard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Germanian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Hedwig Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (106 more) ...
    • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Worden Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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.<1>

While we didn't find Eadsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eadsville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eadsville, with the one closest to Eadsville listed first.

  • Eidsvold
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Thorp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Thorp is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
  • Stanley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
  • Lombard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lombard is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
  • Boyd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
  • Huron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Huron is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
  • Edson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Edson is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
  • Withee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cadott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
  • Longwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Drywood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Estella
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Perkinstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ludington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludington is located in Eau Claire County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
    • Bateman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Bateman is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eadsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eadsville.

Newspapers Published in Eadsville ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eadsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eadsville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eadsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Eadsville:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Eadsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Eadsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.