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 Hazel Green (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 Hazel Green. 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 Hazel Green ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hazel Green: Hazel Grn.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hazel Green. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hazel Green.
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.
Hazel Green is primarily located in Grant County. A portion of Hazel Green extends into Lafayette 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Hazel Green. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hazel Green:
- Grant County (The home county of Hazel Green)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Cuba City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Dickeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Platteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Tennyson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Livingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Annaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Stitzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Rewey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mineral Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Cobb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Elk Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Calamine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Gratiot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Wiota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Clayton County (IA)
- North Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Massey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Wilkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Cattese
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Dubuque
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Key West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sageville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Asbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Durango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sherrill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zwingle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Centralia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Springbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Garry Owen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Andrew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Blackhawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Menominee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Scales Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Dubuque
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Apple River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Nora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hazel Green, see our County-by-County Page for Hazel Green.
Cemeteries Near Hazel Green ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hazel Green.
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 Hazel Green - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hazel Green covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Leslie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Council Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Clara Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jamestown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smelser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Galena (IL).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108003 <2>
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Miners Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Galena (IL).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105926 <2>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hazel Green had a population of 426 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Hazel Green had a population of 1,219 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hazel Green, with the one closest to Hazel Green listed first.
- Strawbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Strawbridge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawbridge
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Millbrig ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrig is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrig
- Cuba City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Menominee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Council Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- New Diggings
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lead Mine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Sinsinawa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sinsinawa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinsinawa
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Louisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Louisburg is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Fair Play
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fair Play is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Elmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hazel Green. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hazel Green.
Newspapers Published in Hazel Green ...
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 177 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazel Green.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hazel Green, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hazel Green.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hazel Green:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess 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 Hazel Green, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hazel Green) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |