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 Kendall (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 Kendall. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Kendall is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Kendall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kendall:
- Monroe County (The home county of Kendall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Wilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Oil City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Norwalk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Tomah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Shennington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Wyeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Tunnel City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Valley Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Cashton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Angelo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Strongs Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Easton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Plainville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Arkdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Jackson County
- Millston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Elroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hustler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Union Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Camp Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Wonewoc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Mauston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Lemonweir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Necedah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Lyndon Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Mather
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Sprague
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- New Miner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Rockland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Yuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Cazenovia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Bloom City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Hub City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Viola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Gillingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Sabin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Neptune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- La Valle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Ironton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Lime Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Reedsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Loganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Trippville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Mount Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- La Farge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Newry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Westby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Readstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Viroqua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kendall, see our County-by-County Page for Kendall.
Cemeteries Near Kendall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kendall.
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 Kendall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kendall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Fountain Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lemonweir Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dorset Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler - Sherman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dorset Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calvin Day Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Hills Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ranney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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.<1>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kendall had a population of 304 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Kendall had a population of 472 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kendall, with the one closest to Kendall listed first.
- Elroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Trippville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Mount Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Hustler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Union Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Camp Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Oil City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- New Lisbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Norwalk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Mauston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kendall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kendall.
Newspapers Published in Kendall ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kendall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kendall, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kendall.
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 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 Kendall:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jackson County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kendall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kendall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |