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 McCartney (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 McCartney. 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 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 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.
McCartney is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near McCartney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McCartney:
- Grant County (The home county of McCartney)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Potosi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Beetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Cassville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Tennyson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- North Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Dickeyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Bloomington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Rutledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Glen Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Patch Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Bridgeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Wauzeka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Boydtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Prairie du Chien
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Iowa County
- Rewey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Elk Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Guttenberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Osterdock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Clayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Elkport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Garnavillo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wood is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Littleport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Littleport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleport
- Clayton Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- McGregor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Colesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Holy Cross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Petersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Almoral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Earlville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Delaware
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Edgewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Delhi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Waupeton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Sherrill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rickardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Durango
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Cross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Sageville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Asbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Luxemburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Graf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bankston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Centralia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Garry Owen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Saint Donatus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Motte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- East Dubuque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McCartney, see our County-by-County Page for McCartney.
Cemeteries Near McCartney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCartney.
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 McCartney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McCartney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Assisi Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sprauge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Buena Vista Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthews Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Cassville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hill Christian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, McCartney had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McCartney, with the one closest to McCartney listed first.
- Waupeton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Cameron
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Burton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Balltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- North Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Sherrill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Cottage Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Rickardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Potosi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Cassville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- British Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- British Hollow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Hollow
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hurricane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Durango
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McCartney. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCartney.
Newspapers Published in McCartney ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCartney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCartney, 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 McCartney.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 McCartney:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Jo Daviess 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 McCartney, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCartney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |