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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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 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) - North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- 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
- Hixton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Black River Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- York
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Alma Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Merrillan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Levis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Millston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Hatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Requa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- 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) - Bluff Siding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bluff Siding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Lookout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Montana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Fountain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Waumandee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Clark County
- Humbird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Humbird
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lynxville
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
- Fairchild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Hay Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Holmen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Brice Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brice Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- West Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Onalaska
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Bangor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Rockland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Barre Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barre Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- French Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Grand Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Crossing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- North La Crosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North La Crosse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- La Crosse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- 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) - Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Frenchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Coral City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Galesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Pigeon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Wrights Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Trempealeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trempealeau have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Russell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Houston County (MN)
- La Crescent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crescent
- La Crescent is located in Houston County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,037 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Crescent <3>
- La Crescent
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Dakota
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Nodine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Winona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Winona is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,545 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <3>
- Goodview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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.
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 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Faith Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Lutheran Cemetery
- The Faith Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2262850 <4>
- Trump Coulee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trump Coulee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trump Coulee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Morken Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morken Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Olson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- French Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Colwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colwell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89559 <4>
- Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Corness Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corness Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corness Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- 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.
- Continue List (145 more) ...
- Ettrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ettrick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ettrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridget Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridget Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Glasgow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glasgow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glasgow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ettrick 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.<5>
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) - Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Blair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - North Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Frenchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Burr Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Irving
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Sechlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- 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
- Stevenstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Stevenstown is located in La Crosse County
- Mindoro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Hixton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Galesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Black River Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galesville
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]<6>. 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Jackson 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
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe 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
- Houston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winona 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 Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Franklin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Franklin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Franklin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Franklin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2127, Longitude: -91.1238 In this case, the coordinates for Franklin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |