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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 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.
Fairview is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Crawford County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Rising Sun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Towerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Gays Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Ferryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Soldiers Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Steuben
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- De Soto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Eastman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Boscobel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Woodman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Blue River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Millville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Werley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Mount Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Muscoda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Patch Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Wyalusing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Fennimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Monroe County
- Cashton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Viola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Westport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Sabin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Boaz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Balmoral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Bloom City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Gillingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Richland Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Yuba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Hub City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Fargo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- West Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Liberty Pole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Retreat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Readstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Purdy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Viroqua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Newton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Westby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- La Farge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harpers Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dalby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- New Albin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Waterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Elon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Ion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Lycurgus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Rossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Volney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Waukon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waukon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <1>
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Marquette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGregor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Beulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Reno
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Eitzen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Eitsert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Utica Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Sterling Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Towerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gays Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kickapoo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ferryville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fortney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
While we didn't find Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Rising Sun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Mount Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Towerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Fargo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Ferryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Seneca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seneca is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- West Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Folsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Folsom is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Soldiers Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Liberty Pole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Retreat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Readstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- North Clayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Purdy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairview.
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 Fairview:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Houston 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> | 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 Fairview, 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- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |