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 Elroy (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 Elroy. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Elroy is located in Juneau 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 Juneau County: Adams, Columbia, Jackson, Monroe, Sauk, Vernon & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Elroy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elroy:
- Juneau County (The home county of Elroy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Union Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Hustler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Mauston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- New Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Camp Douglas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Lemonweir
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lyndon Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Necedah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Mather
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Sprague
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Plainville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Strongs Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Adams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Arkdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Kendall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Wilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oakdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Norwalk
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Shennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Wyeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Tomah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Valley Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Tunnel City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Cashton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Cazenovia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Yuba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Hub City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Bloom City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Gillingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Neptune
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Sabin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Richland Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Aubrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Bear Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- La Valle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Ironton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Lime Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Reedsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Loganville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Lake Delton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Rock Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- North Freedom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Trippville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Mount Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ontario
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- La Farge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Newry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Westby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elroy, see our County-by-County Page for Elroy.
Cemeteries Near Elroy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elroy.
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 Elroy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elroy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Elroy City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fowler - Sherman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Lemonweir Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hills Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Eden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Raese Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Fountain Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plymouth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Elroy had a population of 1,595 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Elroy had a population of 1,306 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elroy, with the one closest to Elroy listed first.
- Union Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Kendall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Trippville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Mount Tabor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Hustler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Mauston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- New Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Valton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Valton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valton
- Camp Douglas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- La Valle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lemonweir
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Cazenovia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elroy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elroy.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Elroy ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elroy.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Elroy. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Elroy and those printed in the larger area surrounding Elroy.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Elroy.
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 Elroy:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Juneau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Elroy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elroy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |