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 Irving (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 Irving. 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 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.
Irving is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clark, Eau Claire, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Irving. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Irving:
- Jackson County (The home county of Irving)
- The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Black River Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Millston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- North Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Hixton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sechlerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Alma Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Hatfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Merrillan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Lapham Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapham Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Humbird
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Neillsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lynxville
- Eau Claire County
- Fairchild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fairchild
- Juneau County
- Mather
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Mather
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Mindoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Rockland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Bangor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - West Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Holmen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Barre Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barre Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Brice Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brice Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Onalaska
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Middle Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middle Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Saint Joseph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Grand Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Crossing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Angelo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Warrens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Tunnel City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Tomah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Valley Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Melvina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Wyeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Norwalk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Oakdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Blair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Ettrick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Frenchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Coral City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Pigeon Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Whitehall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Galesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Independence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Wrights Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Trempealeau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trempealeau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Arcadia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Winona County (MN)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Irving, see our County-by-County Page for Irving.
Cemeteries Near Irving ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Irving.
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 Irving covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Irving Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Irving Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Irving Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Columkille Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columkille Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Columkille Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Stiehl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stiehl Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stiehl Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Olson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- County Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Farm Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Olson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cataract Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cataract Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1965266 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1840565 <3>
- French Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Morken Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morken Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oxbow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxbow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oxbow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Carr Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carr Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Colwell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colwell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Grove 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Irving had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
- Shamrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Cataract
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Sheppard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Black River Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Burr Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - North Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Hixton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sechlerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Lynxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Hegg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mindoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Angelo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Stevenstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Stevenstown is located in La Crosse County
- Mindoro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Irving. See our List of 1890's Communities around Irving.
Newspapers Published in Irving ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Irving.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Irving, 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 Irving.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Irving:
- 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 Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford 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
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe 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
- Winona County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Irving. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.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 Irving, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Irving) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Irving. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1900, Longitude: -90.9013 In this case, the coordinates for Irving have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |