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 Jacksonville (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 Jacksonville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Jacksonville is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Jacksonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jacksonville:
- Monroe County (The home county of Jacksonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Tunnel City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Tomah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Norwalk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Wilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Valley Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Wyeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Clifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Angelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Warrens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Shennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Sparta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Strongs Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lynxville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Millston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Lapham Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Black River Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Pray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- North Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- City Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Camp Douglas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Mather
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- New Lisbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Elroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Union Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Necedah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Sprague
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Mauston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Wonewoc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - New Miner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Lemonweir
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Rockland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Middle Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Bangor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Saint Joseph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- West Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Mindoro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Barre Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Ontario
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Mount Tabor
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Trippville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trippville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Newry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Hillsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Westby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- La Farge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Coon Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jacksonville, see our County-by-County Page for Jacksonville.
Cemeteries Near Jacksonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jacksonville.
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 Jacksonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Noth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noth Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Worden - Burroughs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Worden - Burroughs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Worden - Burroughs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Boyonton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyonton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyonton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mound Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mound Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Aney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aney Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (151 more) ...
- LaGrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the LaGrange Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the LaGrange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Summit Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summit Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summit Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pilgrims Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilgrims Home Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilgrims Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- LaGrange 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jacksonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jacksonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jacksonville, with the one closest to Jacksonville listed first.
- Tomah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Tunnel City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Norwalk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Wyeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Valley Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Clifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Angelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Saint Marys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Marys have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Saint Marys is located in Monroe County
- Warrens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Sparta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Melvina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Oil City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jacksonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jacksonville.
Newspapers Published in Jacksonville ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jacksonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville.
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 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 Jacksonville:
- 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 Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams 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
- Jackson 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
- Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Vernon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jacksonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Jacksonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jacksonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jacksonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9519, Longitude: -90.5576 In this case, the coordinates for Jacksonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |