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 Glenwood City (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 Glenwood City. 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.
Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix 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 Saint Croix County: Washington (MN), Barron, Dunn, Pierce & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Glenwood City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenwood City:
- Saint Croix County (The home county of Glenwood City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Hersey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Woodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Deer Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Erin Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Hammond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- New Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Roberts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Star Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Burkhardt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Somerset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Prairie Farm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Twin Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Dallas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Turtle Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Hillsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Almena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Poskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Barron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Chetek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Chippewa County
- Albertville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Downing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Knapp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tainter Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Ridgeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Menomonie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Eau Galle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Dunnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Elk Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Falls City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Pepin County
- Arkansaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Elmwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Olivet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Martell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- El Paso
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Morton Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Beldenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- River Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Plum City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Moeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Amery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Deronda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Volga ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Horse Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Bunyan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Balsam Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Dresser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Bayport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeland Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Saint Marys Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenwood City, see our County-by-County Page for Glenwood City.
Cemeteries Near Glenwood City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenwood City.
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 Glenwood City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenwood City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tiffany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Bridget's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Haven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Hay River Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brookville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Glenwood City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenwood City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenwood City, with the one closest to Glenwood City listed first.
- Downing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Emerald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Hersey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Boyceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Knapp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Woodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Cylon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Wildwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Hatchville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hatchville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Deer Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hammond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenwood City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenwood City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Glenwood City ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenwood City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Glenwood City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Glenwood City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Glenwood City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Glenwood City.
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 Glenwood City:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Saint Croix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Washington 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 Glenwood City, 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' (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- Glenwood City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |