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 Howard (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 Howard. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Howard is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Howard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Howard:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Howard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- Albertville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Irvine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Chippewa Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Lake Hallie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Eagleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Lake Wissota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wissota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- New Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Cadott
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Drywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Cornell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Boyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Estella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- Chetek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Dallas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Hillsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Prairie Farm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- Elk Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Colfax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Falls City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Tainter Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tainter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Rock Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Menomonie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Meridean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Wheeler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Ridgeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Dunnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Boyceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Knapp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Downing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- Eau Claire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Seymour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Lufkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Fall Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pepin County
- Durand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Durand
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- Eleva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Strum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Osseo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Howard, see our County-by-County Page for Howard.
Cemeteries Near Howard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Howard.
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 Howard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- McCombs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCombs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCombs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rumery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rumery Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rumery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tilden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tilden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tilden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cooks Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooks Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prairie View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lower Running Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Running Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Running Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Home Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Home Park Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Home Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- O'Neil Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Neil Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the O'Neil Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88303 <3>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evergreen 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 Howard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Howard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Howard, with the one closest to Howard listed first.
- Irvine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Truax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Chippewa Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Eagle Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Elk Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Eau Claire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Colfax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Shawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Eagleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Bateman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Rusk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Caryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Sand Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Cedar Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Cedar Falls is located in Dunn County
- Caryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Howard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Howard.
Newspapers Published in Howard ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Howard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Howard, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Howard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Howard:
- 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 Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo 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
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pepin 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
- Barron County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Chippewa County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Howard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chippewa County: www.co.chippewa.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Howard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Howard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Howard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9505, Longitude: -91.5377 In this case, the coordinates for Howard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |