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 Hale Corner (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 Hale Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Hale Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hale Corner: Hale Cor. (or less commonly used: Hale Crn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Hale Corner is located in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County: Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Jackson, Pepin & Trempealeau.

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

Eau Claire County (The home county of Hale Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Allen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  - Allen is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Fall Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  - Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Augusta
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  - Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Hay Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  - Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Altoona
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Seymour
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Fairchild
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  - Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Eau Claire
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Lufkin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  - Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Lookout
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  - Lookout is located in Buffalo County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Mondovi
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  - Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Gilmanton
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  - Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Springdale ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  - Springdale is located in Buffalo County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Montana
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  - Montana is located in Buffalo County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Lake Hallie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Lake Wissota
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  - Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Chippewa Falls
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  - Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Irvine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  - Irvine is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Cadott
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  - Cadott is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Boyd
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  - Boyd is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Stanley
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  - Stanley is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Albertville
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  - Albertville is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Drywood
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  - Drywood is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Eagleton
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  - Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Humbird
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Humbird is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Willard
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  - Willard is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Eidsvold
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  - Eidsvold is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Globe
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  - Globe is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Reseburg
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Reseburg is located in Clark County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Rock Falls
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  - Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Elk Mound
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  - Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Falls City
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  - Falls City is located in Dunn County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Meridean
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  - Meridean is located in Dunn County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Requa
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  - Requa is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Levis
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Levis is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
- York
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  - York is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hixton
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  - Hixton is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Alma Center
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  - Alma Center is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Sechlerville
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  - Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Taylor
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  - Taylor is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Merrillan
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Merrillan is located in Jackson County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hale Corner, with the one closest to Hale Corner listed first.
- Osseo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Strum
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Strum is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Eleva
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  - Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Pigeon Falls
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  - Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Russell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  - Russell is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Coral City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  - Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Whitehall
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  - Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Independence
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  - Independence is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- New City ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  - New City is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Blair
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  - Blair is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Arcadia
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  - Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people

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

Cemeteries Near Hale Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hale Corner.

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 Hale Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

Scott's Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Valley Cemetery
- The Scott's Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hales Corner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183433 <1>
St. Luke Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Cemetery
St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery
Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Guardian Angels Cemetery
St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
St. Peter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Cemetery
Thompson Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley Cemetery
St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
West Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
Continue List (136 more) ...
- South Valley Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley Cemetery
- East Lawn Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lawn Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion 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.<2>

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

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

Nix Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
Osseo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
Fall Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
Augusta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
Strum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
Eleva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
Levis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Levis is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Price is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
Altoona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
Hale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hale is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
Ludington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ludington is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fairchild
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  - Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Eau Claire
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown

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

Newspapers Published in Hale Corner ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hale Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hale Corner, 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 Hale Corner.

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 Hale Corner:

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 Eau Claire 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
- Chippewa 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
- Dunn County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson 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

Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Eau Claire County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Eau Claire County

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<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 Hale Corner, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hale Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.