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 Luck (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 Luck. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Luck is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Chisago (MN), Washington (MN), Barron, Burnett, Dunn & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Luck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Luck:
- Polk County (The home county of Luck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Frederic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Atlas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Balsam Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Bunyan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Centuria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Clam Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Saint Croix Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Volga ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Dresser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Deronda
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Amery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Turtle Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Cumberland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Almena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Twin Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Poskin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Burnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Alpha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Siren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Grantsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Randall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Webster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Hertel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Bashaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Deer Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Star Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Washburn County
- Shell Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Taylors Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Almelund
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Franconia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Shafer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Center City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lindstrom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chisago City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Branch is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- North Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rush City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stacy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Rock Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Otisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Scandia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Luck, see our County-by-County Page for Luck.
Cemeteries Near Luck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Luck.
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 Luck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Luck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- Lawson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Granum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haustrup Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Centuria.
- The St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88966 <3>
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McAskill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Balsam Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Georgetown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Luck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Luck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Luck, with the one closest to Luck listed first.
- West Denmark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Denmark is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
- Balsam Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Bunyan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Cushing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cushing is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Trade Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trade Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
- Clam Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Wolf Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Taylors Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Croix Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Volga ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Almelund
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Franconia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grantsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Shafer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nye
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nye is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Luck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Luck.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Luck ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Luck.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Luck. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Luck and those printed in the larger area surrounding Luck.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Luck.
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 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 Luck:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Burnett County
- Saint Croix County
- Washburn County
- Chisago County
- Pine 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Luck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Luck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |