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 Johannesburg (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 Johannesburg. 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.
Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johannesburg:
- Saint Croix County (The home county of Johannesburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Star Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Somerset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Erin Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Deer Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Burkhardt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- North Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Hammond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Baldwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Glenwood City
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Turtle Lake
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Prairie Farm
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Twin Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Downing
(23 miles [37 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- River Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Martell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Morton Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Beldenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Spring Valley
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Trimbelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- El Paso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Ellsworth
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Prescott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Olivet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Horse Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Deronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Osceola
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Dresser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Amery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Clear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Saint Croix Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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
- Centuria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Balsam Lake
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Bunyan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Milltown
(25 miles [40.2 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)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lino Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Columbus
- Estimated population in 2015: 4,007 people
- Circle Pines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Linwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ham Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Franconia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shafer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lindstrom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chisago City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Almelund
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stacy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stacy is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
- Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Branch is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- North Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- South Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- White Bear Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- White Bear Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Saint Paul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gem Lake
(22 miles [35.4 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
- North Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Vadnais Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Little Canada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Highwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Cardigan Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
- Shoreview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arden Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Scandia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bayport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Withrow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Withrow is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
- Duluth Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
- Lakeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
- Lakeland Shores
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Dellwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dellwood is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Forest Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johannesburg, see our County-by-County Page for Johannesburg.
Cemeteries Near Johannesburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johannesburg.
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 Johannesburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johannesburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wagon Landing Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Warren Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Houlton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- El Salem Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elim Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Johannesburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johannesburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johannesburg, with the one closest to Johannesburg listed first.
- Star Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Somerset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Boardman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boardman is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Stanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stanton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- East Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Farmington is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmington
- Arcola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arcola is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Burkhardt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Deer Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Nye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nye is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Little Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Scandia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houlton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houlton
- Roberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johannesburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johannesburg.
Newspapers Published in Johannesburg ...
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 300 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johannesburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johannesburg, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johannesburg.
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 websites either 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 Johannesburg:
- 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
- Dakota 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 Johannesburg, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johannesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |