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 Montfort (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 Montfort. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Montfort is primarily located in Grant County. A portion of Montfort extends into Iowa County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties 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 Montfort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montfort:
- Grant County (The home county of Montfort)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Livingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Annaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Stitzer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Fennimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Muscoda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Blue River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Platteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Lancaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Mount Ida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Boscobel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Woodman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Mount Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Boydtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Wauzeka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Steuben
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Bell Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Dane County
- Blue Mounds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Blue Mounds
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former names for Centreville:
- Dry Bone Post Office
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Edmund
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Linden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Rewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mineral Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Dodgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Avoca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Pleasant Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Hyde
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Elk Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Calamine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Shullsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shullsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Blanchardville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Gratiot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- New Diggings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Balmoral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Lone Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Westport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Richland Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Spring Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dubuque County (IA)
- Waupeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Waupeton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montfort, see our County-by-County Page for Montfort.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Montfort ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montfort.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Montfort. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Montfort and those printed in the larger area surrounding Montfort.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Montfort.
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 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 Montfort:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dubuque County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Grant County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Grant County
Cemeteries Near Montfort ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montfort.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montfort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Rock Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- The Rock Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88835 <4>
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Mifflin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mifflin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mifflin Cemetery
- Enger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enger Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Lydia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lydia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lydia Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Blabaum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blabaum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blabaum Cemetery
- McReynolds Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McReynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McReynolds Cemetery
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkpatrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkpatrick Cemetery
- Pipal Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pipal Cemetery
- Laxey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laxey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laxey Cemetery
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Montfort had a population of 467 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Montfort had a population of 675 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montfort, with the one closest to Montfort listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former names for Centreville:
- Dry Bone Post Office
- Dry Bone
- Livingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cobb
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Annaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Mifflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Arthur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Linden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Edmund
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Rewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Lancaster Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stitzer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Fennimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stitzer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montfort. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montfort.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montfort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Grant County: www.grantcounty.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Montfort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9708, Longitude: -90.4321 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Montfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |