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 Flora Fountain (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 Flora Fountain. 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 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.
Flora Fountain is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Flora Fountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flora Fountain:
- Grant County (The home county of Flora Fountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Beetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Lancaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- North Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Patch Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Potosi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Cassville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Glen Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Stitzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Tennyson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Fennimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Bridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Wauzeka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Boydtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Prairie du Chien
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Eastman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Steuben
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Charme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Rewey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Linden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Edmund
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Elk Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Richland County
- Westport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Ion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waukon Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Harpers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Guttenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Millville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Osterdock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Garnavillo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McGregor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Clayton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Beulah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Colesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Almoral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Greeley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Waupeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Sherrill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Holy Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Durango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Luxemburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Sageville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Asbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Bankston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Graf
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Centralia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- East Dubuque
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flora Fountain, see our County-by-County Page for Flora Fountain.
Cemeteries Near Flora Fountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flora Fountain.
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 Flora Fountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flora Fountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hurricane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Grant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Clements Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sprauge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Boice Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blake Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Flora Fountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flora Fountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flora Fountain, with the one closest to Flora Fountain listed first.
- Beetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Hurricane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- North Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Lancaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Burton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- McCartney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McCartney is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
- Rockville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Mount Ida
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Cassville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Waupeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Cameron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Potosi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- British Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- British Hollow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Hollow
- Ellenboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ellenboro is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flora Fountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flora Fountain.
Newspapers Published in Flora Fountain ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flora Fountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flora Fountain, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flora Fountain.
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 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 Flora Fountain:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jo Daviess 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 Flora Fountain, 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- Flora Fountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |