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 Kirby (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 Kirby. 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 doctors 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.
Kirby 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 Kirby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirby:
- Monroe County (The home county of Kirby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Warrens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warrens is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Tunnel City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Valley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Tomah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Wyeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Shennington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Angelo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Sparta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Norwalk
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Kendall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Adams County
- Strongs Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Millston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Lapham Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Pray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Black River Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- City Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- Melrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Hatfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Merrillan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Merrillan is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- North Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Alma Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Mather
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Camp Douglas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Sprague
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Necedah
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- New Lisbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- New Miner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- Elroy
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Mauston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Rockland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Bangor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Middle Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Mindoro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- West Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Ontario
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Mount Tabor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Trippville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Newry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirby, see our County-by-County Page for Kirby.
Cemeteries Near Kirby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirby.
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 Kirby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Warren Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dannavang Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boyonton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Knapp Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Lafayette Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<1>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kirby had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Warrens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warrens is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Tunnel City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Valley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Tomah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Wyeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Millston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Norway Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Ridge
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Lynxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Mather
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Angelo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Lapham Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shamrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shamrock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Cataract
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cataract is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataract
- Sparta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirby.
Newspapers Published in Kirby ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirby, 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 Kirby.
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 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 Kirby:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Crawford County
- Jackson County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse 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 Kirby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Kirby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |