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 Meekers Grove (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 Meekers Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Meekers Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Meekers Grove: Meekers Grv.
- While the name of this community is Meekers Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Meekers Grove may originally have been Meeker's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Meekers Grove might be written as Meeker Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Meekers Grove 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 Meekers Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meekers Grove:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Meekers Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Elk Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- New Diggings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Shullsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Calamine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Darlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Gratiot
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Argyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Cuba City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Platteville
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hazel Green
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Dickeyville
(11 miles [17.7 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 southwest)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Livingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Potosi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Annaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Montfort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Browntown
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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 Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Rewey
(13 miles [20.9 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(19 miles [30.6 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Dodgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Hollandale
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Clayton County (IA)
- North Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Dubuque
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Massey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Wilkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Asbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Old Balltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Balltown
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Centralia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Bellevue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Scales Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Galena
(16 miles [25.7 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 <2>
- Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Apple River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Dubuque
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Galena Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Warren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Elizabeth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Hanover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meekers Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Meekers Grove.
Cemeteries Near Meekers Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meekers Grove.
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 Meekers Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meekers Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Elk Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smelser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leslie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Masonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Shawnee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kenneltown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Meekers Grove had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meekers Grove, with the one closest to Meekers Grove listed first.
- Elk Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Elmo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elmo is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Cuba City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Ipswich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ipswich is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswich
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Lead Mine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Bigpatch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bigpatch is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigpatch
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Strawbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Strawbridge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawbridge
- New Diggings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hazel Green
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Shullsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Truman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Truman is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meekers Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meekers Grove.
Newspapers Published in Meekers Grove ...
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 184 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meekers Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meekers Grove, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meekers Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Meekers Grove:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Jo Daviess County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Meekers Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Meekers Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |