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 Jewett (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 Jewett. 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.
Jewett is located in Saint Croix 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 Saint Croix County: Washington (MN), Barron, Dunn, Pierce & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Jewett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jewett:
- Saint Croix County (The home county of Jewett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Erin Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Star Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Hammond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Baldwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Somerset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Glenwood City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Burkhardt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Hersey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- North Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Prairie Farm
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Turtle Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Twin Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Almena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Poskin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Downing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Knapp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Ridgeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Wheeler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tainter Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Menomonie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Martell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Spring Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- River Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Morton Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Beldenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- El Paso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Olivet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Trimbelle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Elmwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Moeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Prescott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Deronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Clear Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Horse Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Amery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Clayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Dresser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Osceola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Saint Croix Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Balsam Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Centuria
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Bunyan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Milltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Anoka County (MN)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Franconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shafer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindstrom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chisago City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almelund
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- White Bear Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- North Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Bear Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gem Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Otisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Bayport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Scandia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Saint Marys Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Afton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Afton is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,036 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
- Duluth Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
- Withrow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Withrow is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jewett, see our County-by-County Page for Jewett.
Cemeteries Near Jewett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jewett.
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 Jewett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jewett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boardman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wagon Landing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Amery Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Jewett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jewett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jewett, with the one closest to Jewett listed first.
- Stanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stanton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Cylon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Star Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Emerald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Hammond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Baldwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Little Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Somerset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clear Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Deronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Burkhardt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jewett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jewett.
Newspapers Published in Jewett ...
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 169 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jewett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jewett, 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 Jewett.
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 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 Jewett:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Saint Croix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Dunn County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Anoka County
- Chisago County
- Ramsey County
- Washington 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 Jewett, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jewett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |