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 Irvington (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 Irvington. 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 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.
Irvington is located in Dunn 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 Dunn County: Barron, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Irvington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Irvington:
- Dunn County (The home county of Irvington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Menomonie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Dunnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Falls City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Knapp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Eau Galle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Meridean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Tainter Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Elk Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Boyceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Wheeler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Colfax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Rock Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Downing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Prairie Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Dallas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Maxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Mondovi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Nelson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Gilmanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Albertville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Irvine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Lake Hallie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Chippewa Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Bloomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Lufkin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Shawtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Eau Claire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Altoona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Arkansaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Durand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Ella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lund
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Barry Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lakeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Pepin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Stockholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Elmwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Spring Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Olivet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Plum City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- El Paso
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Martell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Maiden Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Morton Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Beldenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Moeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Wilson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Hersey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Glenwood City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Hammond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Erin Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Trempealeau County
- Eleva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Goodhue County (MN)
- Frontenac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha County (MN)
- Reads Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Irvington, see our County-by-County Page for Irvington.
Cemeteries Near Irvington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Irvington.
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 Irvington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Irvington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irving Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mamre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Weston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pownell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Elk Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Froens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Irvington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Irvington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
- Menomonie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Downsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Downsville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- North Menomonie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Menomonie
- Menomonie Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Menomonie Junction is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie Junction
- Rusk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Cedar Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Dunnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Hatchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hatchville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
- Elmwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Eau Galle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Meridean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Knapp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Elk Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Wilson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Spring Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Irvington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Irvington.
Newspapers Published in Irvington ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Irvington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Irvington, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Irvington.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Irvington:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dunn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Buffalo County
- Chippewa County
- Eau Claire County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix County
- Trempealeau County
- Goodhue County
- Wabasha 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 Irvington, 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- Irvington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |