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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 Estella (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 Estella. 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 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.

Estella is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.

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

  • Chippewa County     (The home county of Estella)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
    • Cornell
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
      • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
    • Drywood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Boyd
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
    • Cadott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
      • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
    • Eagleton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stanley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
    • Lake Wissota
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wissota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
      • Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
    • Bloomer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Chippewa Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Irvine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irvine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
      • Irvine is located in Chippewa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Irvine
      • From Estella to Irvine
    • New Auburn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Hallie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
      • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
  • Barron County
    • Chetek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chetek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
      • Chetek is located in Barron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
    • Eadsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eidsvold
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Thorp
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
      • Thorp is located in Clark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
    • Reseburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Withee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Owen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Eau Claire County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
    • Seymour
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
    • Fall Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
      • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
    • Altoona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
    • Eau Claire
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
    • Sheldon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheldon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
      • Sheldon is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Conrath
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conrath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
      • Conrath is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
    • Port Arthur
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ladysmith
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ladysmith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
      • Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
    • Bruce
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Bruce is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
    • Apollonia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tony
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
      • Tony is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Weyerhaeuser
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
      • Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Glen Flora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
      • Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Ingram
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingram have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
      • Ingram is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Strickland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawkins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
      • Hawkins is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estella, with the one closest to Estella listed first.
    • Gilman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Polley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lublin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
      • Lublin is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Jump River
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughey ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hughey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
      • Hughey is located in Taylor County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hughey
      • From Estella to Hughey
    • Perkinstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perkinstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
      • Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Perkinstown
      • From Estella to Perkinstown

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

Cemeteries Near Estella ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estella.

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 Estella covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Estella Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Estella Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Estella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Martin Mission Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Holcombe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleveland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleveland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bohemian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bohemian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bohemian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Yellow River Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellow River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yellow River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walker - Jackson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker - Jackson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker - Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Donald Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donald Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (100 more) ...
    • Copp Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Copp Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Copp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Goetz Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goetz Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goetz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Eagleton Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagleton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Estella had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Estella had a population of 452 people.

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

  • Huron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Huron is located in Chippewa County
  • Drywood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cadott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
    • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
  • Boyd
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
  • Eagleton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
    • Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
  • Edson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
    • Edson is located in Chippewa County
  • Stanley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
  • Bateman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bateman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
    • Bateman is located in Chippewa County
  • Eidsvold
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Chippewa Falls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Thorp
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
    • Thorp is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Irvine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irvine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
      • Irvine is located in Chippewa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Irvine
      • From Estella to Irvine
    • Ludington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
      • Ludington is located in Eau Claire County
    • Lombard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lombard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
      • Lombard is located in Clark County

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

Newspapers Published in Estella ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estella.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estella, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Estella.

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 Estella:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Estella. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chippewa County: www.co.chippewa.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Estella, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Estella) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Estella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1637, Longitude: -91.1127       In this case, the coordinates for Estella have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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