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 Farmers Valley (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 Farmers Valley. 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 Farmers Valley ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Farmers Valley: Farmers Vly. (or less commonly used: Farmers Vally. or Farmers Vlly.)
- While the name of this community is Farmers Valley, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Farmers Valley may originally have been Farmer's Valley.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Farmers Valley might be written as Farmer Valley.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Farmers Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Farmers Valley.
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 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.
Farmers Valley is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Farmers Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmers Valley:
- Monroe County (The home county of Farmers Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Sparta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Melvina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Norwalk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Cashton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Tunnel City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Wilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Tomah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Valley Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Kendall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Millston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Melrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- North Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Black River Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Lapham Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Camp Douglas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Elroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Mather
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- New Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Union Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Rockland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Middle Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Bangor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Barre Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Mindoro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Shelby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Onalaska
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- Grand Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- French Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Holmen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- La Crosse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Viola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Yuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Newry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Ontario
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Westby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Coon Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Mount Tabor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Trippville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- La Farge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Chaseburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Viroqua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- La Crescent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Winona County (MN)
- Dakota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmers Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Farmers Valley.
Cemeteries Near Farmers Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmers Valley.
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 Farmers Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmers Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Farmers Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Farmers Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Sparta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87924 <4>
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Angelo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pilgrims Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Aney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Farmers Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farmers Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmers Valley, with the one closest to Farmers Valley listed first.
- Leon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Sparta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Melvina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Saint Marys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Norwalk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Rockland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Cashton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Middle Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Tunnel City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Burns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burns is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Newry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cataract
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cataract is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataract
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Tomah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmers Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmers Valley.
Newspapers Published in Farmers Valley ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmers Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmers Valley, 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 Farmers Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Farmers Valley:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jackson County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Houston County
- Winona County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Farmers Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Farmers Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |