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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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Greenwood is located in Vernon 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 Vernon County: Allamakee (IA), Houston (MN), Crawford, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland & Sauk.

Below are the counties that are near Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood:

  • Vernon County     (The home county of Greenwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • White City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • White City is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Hillsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
    • Mount Tabor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
    • Trippville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Trippville is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
    • La Farge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • La Farge is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
    • Ontario
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ontario is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
    • Liberty
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Liberty is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Readstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Readstown is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
    • Newry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Newry is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
    • Westby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Westby is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
    • Viroqua
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Viroqua is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
    • Liberty Pole
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Soldiers Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
    • Towerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Towerville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
    • Bell Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bell Center is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
    • Gays Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Rising Sun
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Petersburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Mount Sterling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Muscoda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Muscoda is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
    • Blue River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Blue River is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
  • Iowa County
    • Avoca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Avoca is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
  • Juneau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Union Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Center is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Wonewoc
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Elroy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Elroy is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Hustler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hustler is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
    • Mauston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Mauston is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
    • Camp Douglas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
    • Lemonweir
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
    • New Lisbon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
    • Lyndon Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • La Crosse County
    • Middle Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Oil City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Oil City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Kendall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Kendall is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Wilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Wilton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Clifton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Cashton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cashton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
    • Norwalk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Norwalk is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Melvina
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Melvina is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Oakdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Oakdale is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
    • Tomah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Tomah is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Yuba
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Yuba is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Bloom City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloom City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
    • Woodstock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Woodstock is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Hub City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hub City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
    • Gillingham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Gillingham is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
    • Cazenovia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cazenovia is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Sabin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sabin is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
    • Viola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Viola is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
    • Richland Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Richland Center is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
    • Neptune
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Neptune is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
    • Boaz
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Boaz is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
    • Ithaca
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ithaca is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Ironton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Ironton is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • La Valle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • La Valle is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Lime Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Sandusky
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandusky is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
    • Loganville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Loganville is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
    • Reedsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
    • Rock Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Plain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Plain is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
    • North Freedom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • North Freedom is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • Leland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leland is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Denzer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Denzer is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood.

Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.

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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.

  • Czechs National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • East Pine River Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Debello Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shreve Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Patrick Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • White City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bloom City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woodstock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bohemian Brotherhood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (236 more) ...
    • Newburn Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Soules Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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.<1>

While we didn't find Greenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwood.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.

  • Yuba
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Yuba is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Henrietta ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Henrietta is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • West Lima
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Lima is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lima
  • Bloom City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloom City is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
  • Woodstock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Woodstock is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Hub City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hub City is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
  • Valton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Valton is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valton
  • Hillsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
  • Rockbridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rockbridge is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
  • Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
  • Mount Tabor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
  • Gillingham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Gillingham is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Buck Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Buck Creek is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
    • Trippville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Trippville is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
    • Rockton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockton is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood.

Newspapers Published in Greenwood ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood.

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 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 Greenwood:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Greenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.