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 Hurricane (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 Hurricane. 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 and hospitals 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.
Hurricane is located in Grant 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 Hurricane. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hurricane:
- Grant County (The home county of Hurricane)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Beetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Potosi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Tennyson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- North Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Mount Ida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Stitzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Annaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Fennimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Dickeyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Wauzeka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Bridgeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Boydtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Prairie du Chien
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Eastman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Rewey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Linden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Edmund
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Mineral Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Elk Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Calamine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Richland County
- Westport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Turkey River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Guttenberg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Osterdock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Garnavillo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elkport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- McGregor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Wood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wood is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Colesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Waupeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Old Balltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Balltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Sherrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durango
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Sageville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Holy Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Asbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Luxemburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Dubuque
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bankston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- East Dubuque
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Menominee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hurricane, see our County-by-County Page for Hurricane.
Cemeteries Near Hurricane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurricane.
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 Hurricane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hurricane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Hurricane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Morrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kinney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boice Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Clements Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boice Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Aupperle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lancaster Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Sprauge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- British Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Hurricane had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hurricane, with the one closest to Hurricane listed first.
- Burton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Beetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- British Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- British Hollow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Hollow
- Rockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Potosi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Ellenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ellenboro is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
- McCartney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCartney is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney
- Waupeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- North Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- North Buena Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Balltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Sherrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hurricane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hurricane.
Newspapers Published in Hurricane ...
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 161 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurricane.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hurricane, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hurricane.
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 Hurricane:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque 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 Hurricane, 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- Hurricane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |