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 Ipswich (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 Ipswich. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ipswich is located in 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 Lafayette County: Jo Daviess (IL), Stephenson (IL), Grant, Green & Iowa.
Below are the counties that are near Ipswich. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ipswich:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Ipswich)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Elk Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Calamine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- New Diggings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Shullsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- White Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Darlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- 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 southeast)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Wiota
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Platteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Cuba City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Dickeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Hazel Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Livingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Tennyson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Annaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Rutledge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Potosi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 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
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Rewey
(9 miles [14.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Cobb
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Dodgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Hollandale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moscow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pleasant Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Clayton County (IA)
- North Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 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 Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Sageville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Dubuque
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Sherrill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Durango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Rockdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Asbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Key West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Balltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smiths
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Menominee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Scales Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Dubuque
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Apple River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Warren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Ipswich, see our County-by-County Page for Ipswich.
Cemeteries Near Ipswich ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ipswich.
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 Ipswich - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ipswich covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Old Elk Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Strawberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smelser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kaump Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Piddington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Penniel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carmel Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Rewey.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321622 <2>
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whig Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ipswich had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ipswich, with the one closest to Ipswich listed first.
- Elk Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Platteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Bigpatch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bigpatch is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigpatch
- Elmo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elmo is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Meekers Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meekers Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meekers Grove
- Belmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Leslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Cuba City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Arthur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Lead Mine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Truman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Truman is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Rewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Dickeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ipswich. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ipswich.
Newspapers Published in Ipswich ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ipswich.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ipswich, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ipswich.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Ipswich:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ipswich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ipswich, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |