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 Esdaile (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 Esdaile. 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 southeast 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 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.
Esdaile is located in Pierce 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 Pierce County: Dakota (MN), Goodhue (MN), Washington (MN), Dunn, Pepin & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Esdaile. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Esdaile:
- Pierce County (The home county of Esdaile)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Bay City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Hager City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Moeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Maiden Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Ellsworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Trimbelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Beldenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Morton Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- El Paso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Plum City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Martell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Olivet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Maxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Nelson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Eau Galle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Dunnville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Knapp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Menomonie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Lund
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Stockholm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Barry Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lakeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Pepin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Arkansaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Ella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Durand
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Hammond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Woodville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Roberts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Hersey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Burkhardt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- North Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Miesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hastings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Trier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Trier is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Nininger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Vermillion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coates is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Red Wing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Welch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bellechester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Goodhue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Cannon Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hader
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Zumbrota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wanamingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zumbro Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reads Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wabasha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Jarrett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Kellogg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Afton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Saint Marys Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Lakeland Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Cottage Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Esdaile, see our County-by-County Page for Esdaile.
Cemeteries Near Esdaile ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Esdaile.
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 Esdaile - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Esdaile covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Esdaile Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bay City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Svea Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clayfield Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wacouta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wacouta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Clayfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maiden Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Covenant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Esdaile had a population of 212 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Esdaile, with the one closest to Esdaile listed first.
- Bay City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Hager City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Wacouta
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wacouta is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacouta
- Red Wing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Maiden Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Ellsworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Frontenac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ono
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ono is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ono
- Diamond Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Hay Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Trimbelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Beldenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- El Paso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Esdaile. See our List of 1890's Communities around Esdaile.
Newspapers Published in Esdaile ...
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 205 newspapers that have been published in the area around Esdaile.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Esdaile, 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 Esdaile.
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 either 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 Esdaile:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Pierce County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Pepin County
- Saint Croix County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Wabasha 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 Esdaile, 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 from Point A (ie- Esdaile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |