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 Huntington (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 Huntington. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Huntington is located in Saint Croix 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 Saint Croix County: Washington (MN), Barron, Dunn, Pierce & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Huntington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Huntington:
- Saint Croix County (The home county of Huntington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Star Prairie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Somerset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Erin Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Burkhardt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Hammond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- North Hudson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Baldwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Glenwood City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Turtle Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Prairie Farm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Twin Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Almena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Downing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Knapp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- River Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Martell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Beldenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Morton Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Spring Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- El Paso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Horse Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Deronda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Dresser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Amery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Saint Croix Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Centuria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Balsam Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Bunyan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Anoka County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Columbus
- Estimated population in 2015: 4,007 people
- Lino Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Circle Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Franconia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shafer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lindstrom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chisago City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Almelund
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stacy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stacy is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
- Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Branch is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- North Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- White Bear Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- White Bear Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Saint Paul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gem Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- North Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vadnais Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little Canada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cardigan Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Highwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Shoreview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arden Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Scandia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bayport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Withrow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Withrow is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
- Duluth Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
- Grant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
- Lakeland Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Huntington, see our County-by-County Page for Huntington.
Cemeteries Near Huntington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huntington.
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 Huntington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Huntington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wagon Landing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boardman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- El Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Amery Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Lake Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Huntington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Huntington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
- Star Prairie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Stanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stanton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Somerset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- East Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Farmington is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmington
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boardman is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Little Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Nye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nye is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
- Deronda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Arcola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cylon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
- Burkhardt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Amery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Huntington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huntington.
Newspapers Published in Huntington ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huntington, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Huntington.
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 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 Huntington:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Saint Croix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Dunn County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Anoka County
- Chisago County
- Ramsey County
- Washington 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 Huntington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Huntington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |