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 Lead Mine (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 Lead Mine. 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 and 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.
Lead Mine is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Jo Daviess (IL), Stephenson (IL), Grant, Green & Iowa.
Below are the counties that are near Lead Mine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lead Mine:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Lead Mine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Etna
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Benton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- New Diggings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- White Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Elk Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Darlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Calamine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Gratiot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Wiota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- South Wayne
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Cuba City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Platteville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Dickeyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Rutledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Tennyson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Livingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Lancaster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Montfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Browntown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Cadiz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Rewey
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mineral Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Cobb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Dodgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Hollandale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Wilkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cattese
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Dubuque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sageville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Key West
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Asbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Durango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sherrill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zwingle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Centralia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Balltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Smiths
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Saint Donatus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Green Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Springbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Blackhawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Arnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Marcus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Scales Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Menominee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Bremen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Apple River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Galena Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- East Dubuque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Warren
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Elizabeth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Hanover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Winslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Yellow Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lead Mine, see our County-by-County Page for Lead Mine.
Cemeteries Near Lead Mine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lead Mine.
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 Lead Mine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lead Mine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leslie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Council Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- White Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Elk Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Citzens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Monticello Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smelser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lead Mine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lead Mine, with the one closest to Lead Mine listed first.
- Etna
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Benton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- New Diggings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Strawbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Strawbridge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawbridge
- White Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cuba City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Meekers Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meekers Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meekers Grove
- Council Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Shullsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elmo is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Millbrig ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millbrig is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrig
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elk Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Scales Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lead Mine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lead Mine.
Newspapers Published in Lead Mine ...
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 165 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lead Mine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lead Mine, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lead Mine.
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 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 Lead Mine:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Stephenson 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 Lead Mine, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lead Mine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |