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 Graytown (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 Graytown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Graytown is primarily located in Barron County. A portion of Graytown extends into Dunn 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 Barron County: Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Graytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Graytown:
- Barron County (The home county of Graytown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Prairie Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Twin Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Turtle Lake
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Dallas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Almena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Poskin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Barron
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Cameron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Chetek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Rice Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- New Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Albertville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Downing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Ridgeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Boyceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Wheeler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Knapp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Tainter Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Colfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Menomonie
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Spring Valley
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Martell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Elmwood
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Clear Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Volga ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Bunyan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Horse Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Balsam Lake
(23 miles [37 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
- Centuria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Dresser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Milltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Saint Croix Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Osceola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Glenwood City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Deer Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hersey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Erin Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Star Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- New Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Hammond
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Roberts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Burkhardt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Franconia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Graytown, see our County-by-County Page for Graytown.
Cemeteries Near Graytown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Graytown.
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 Graytown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Graytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Reeve Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Haven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Solum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vanceburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Akers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Graytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Graytown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Graytown, with the one closest to Graytown listed first.
- Prairie Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Clear Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Richardson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Emerald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Downing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Cylon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
- Joel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Deer Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Turtle Lake
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Amery
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wheeler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Dallas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Graytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Graytown.
Newspapers Published in Graytown ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Graytown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Graytown, 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 Graytown.
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 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 Graytown:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Barron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Saint Croix County
- Chisago 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> | 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 Graytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Graytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |