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 Franklin (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 Franklin. 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.
Franklin is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clark, Eau Claire, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Franklin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Franklin:
- Jackson County (The home county of Franklin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Taylor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Hixton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Black River Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- York
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- York is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Alma Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Merrillan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merrillan is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Levis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Levis is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
- Millston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Hatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Marshland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Bluff Siding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Lookout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Montana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Fountain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Waumandee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Clark County
- Humbird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Fairchild
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Hay Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Mindoro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Holmen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Brice Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- West Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Bangor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Onalaska
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- Rockland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Barre Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- French Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Grand Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Angelo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Blair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Frenchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Coral City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Galesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Pigeon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Wrights Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Trempealeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Houston County (MN)
- La Crescent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Lamoille
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Dakota
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Nodine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Winona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goodview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Franklin, see our County-by-County Page for Franklin.
Cemeteries Near Franklin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franklin.
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 Franklin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Franklin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Faith Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trump Coulee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Morken Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- French Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corness Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (145 more) ...
- Ettrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Franklin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Franklin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Hegg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hegg is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegg
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Blair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Frenchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Burr Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Irving
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Irving is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Stevenstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stevenstown is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Mindoro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Hixton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Galesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Black River Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Franklin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franklin.
Newspapers Published in Franklin ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Franklin.
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 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 Franklin:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Eau Claire County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Trempealeau County
- Houston County
- Winona 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 Franklin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |