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 Hay Creek (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 Hay Creek. 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 Hay Creek ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hay Creek: Hay Crk. (or less commonly used: Hay Ck. or Hay Cr.)
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.
Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County: Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Jackson, Pepin & Trempealeau.
Below are the counties that are near Hay Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hay Creek:
- Eau Claire County (The home county of Hay Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Fairchild
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Fall Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Allen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Altoona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Seymour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Eau Claire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Lufkin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Lookout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Mondovi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Boyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Cadott
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Lake Wissota
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wissota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Stanley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Lake Hallie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Chippewa Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Irvine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Drywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Humbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Globe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Neillsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Eidsvold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Reseburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Thorp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Eadsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Loyal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Granton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Requa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Alma Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Hixton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Merrillan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Sechlerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sechlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Taylor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Hatfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Black River Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Osseo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Pigeon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Strum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Coral City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Eleva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Whitehall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Blair
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hay Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Hay Creek.
Newspapers Published in Hay Creek ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hay Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hay Creek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hay Creek.
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 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 Hay Creek:
- 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
- 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
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of 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
Cemeteries Near Hay Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hay Creek.
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 Hay Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- North Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Branch Cemetery
- Cleveland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleveland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleveland Cemetery
- East Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lawn Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- West Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Lawn Cemetery
- Thompson Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Valley Cemetery
- Diphtheria Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Diphtheria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Diphtheria Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
- South Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Valley Cemetery
- Mentor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mentor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mentor Cemetery
- Smallpox Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smallpox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smallpox Cemetery
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Curtis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Cemetery
- Scott's Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- The Scott's Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hales Corner Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott's Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183433 <3>
- St. Luke Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
- Curtis 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hay Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hay Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hay Creek, with the one closest to Hay Creek listed first.
- Price
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Levis
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Fairchild
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Osseo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Northfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Northfield is located in Jackson County
- Humbird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - North Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- North Branch is located in Jackson County
- Fall Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Nix Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nix Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
- Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
- Ludington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Pigeon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Alma Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Hale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hay Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hay Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hay Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Eau Claire County: www.co.eau-claire.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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hay Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hay Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6220, Longitude: -91.0743 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hay Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |