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 Lawton (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 Lawton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Lawton is located in Pierce 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 Pierce County: Dakota (MN), Goodhue (MN), Washington (MN), Dunn, Pepin & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Lawton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawton:
- Pierce County (The home county of Lawton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Morton Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- El Paso
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Martell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Beldenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Trimbelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Bay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Maxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Eau Galle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Knapp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Downing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Dunnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Menomonie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Boyceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Meridean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Lund
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Stockholm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Arkansaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Barry Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Durand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Ella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lakeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Pepin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Baldwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Hammond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Hersey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Roberts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Erin Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Burkhardt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Glenwood City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- North Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- New Richmond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Hastings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Miesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nininger
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Vermillion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Trier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Trier is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Coates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coates is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Red Wing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Welch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodhue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bellechester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- White Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Cannon Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- Highwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reads Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Lakeland Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bayport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Park Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Elmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawton, see our County-by-County Page for Lawton.
Cemeteries Near Lawton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawton.
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 Lawton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- South Rush River Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Martell Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martell Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thurston Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Covenant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clayfield Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Clayfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rush River Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beldenville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gilman Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lawton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawton, with the one closest to Lawton listed first.
- El Paso
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Martell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Beldenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Trimbelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Wildwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Esdaile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Esdaile is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esdaile
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Ono
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ono is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ono
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- River Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Diamond Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Hager City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lawton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawton.
Newspapers Published in Lawton ...
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 201 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawton, 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 Lawton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Lawton:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Pierce County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Pepin County
- Saint Croix County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Ramsey County
- Wabasha 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 Lawton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |