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 Fall Creek (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 Fall Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Fall Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fall Creek: Fall Crk. (or less commonly used: Fall Ck. or Fall Cr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County: Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Jackson, Pepin & Trempealeau.
Below are the counties that are near Fall Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fall Creek:
- Eau Claire County (The home county of Fall Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Seymour
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Altoona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Augusta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Eau Claire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Hay Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Shawtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Lufkin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Fairchild
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Mondovi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Lookout
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Gilmanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Lake Wissota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- 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
- Lake Hallie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Chippewa Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Irvine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Cadott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Boyd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Drywood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Eagleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Albertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Bloomer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Cornell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Estella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Eidsvold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Humbird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Eadsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Thorp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Willard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Reseburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Rock Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Elk Mound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Falls City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Meridean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Colfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Requa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Levis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Alma Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Hixton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sechlerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Merrillan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Osseo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Strum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Eleva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Pigeon Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Russell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Coral City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Whitehall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Independence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fall Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Fall Creek.
Cemeteries Near Fall Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fall Creek.
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 Fall Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lincoln Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ludington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ludington Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ludington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Bridgets Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridgets Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridgets Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Peter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scott's Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott's Valley Cemetery
- The Scott's Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hales Corner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183433 <3>
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rest Haven Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Luke Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Lawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
- The Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981740 <3>
- St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
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 Fall Creek had a population of 426 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fall Creek had a population of 1,291 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Nix Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nix Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
- Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
- Ludington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Altoona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Augusta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Bateman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Eau Claire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Osseo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Chippewa Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Irvine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Shawtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Cadott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Strum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Truax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Eleva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Price
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truax
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fall Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fall Creek.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fall Creek ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fall Creek.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fall Creek. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fall Creek and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fall Creek.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Fall Creek.
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 Fall Creek:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dunn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Eau Claire County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Eau Claire County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fall Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Eau Claire County: www.co.eau-claire.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 Fall Creek, 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 from Point A (ie- Fall Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fall Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7622, Longitude: -91.2740 In this case, the coordinates for Fall Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |