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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 Mount Ida (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 Mount Ida. 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 Mount Ida ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Ida: Mt. Ida

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Ida. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Ida.

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 southeast 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 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.

Mount Ida 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 Mount Ida. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Ida:

  • Grant County     (The home county of Mount Ida)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.
    • Werley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Werley is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
    • Mount Hope
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mount Hope is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Fennimore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Stitzer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Woodman is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Lancaster
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Millville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Preston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bloomington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomington is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
    • Patch Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Patch Grove is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Boscobel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Boscobel is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
    • Annaton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.
    • Boydtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wauzeka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Steuben
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bridgeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Eastman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastman is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
    • Prairie du Chien
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Petersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bell Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Charme
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Charme is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
    • Gays Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Mount Sterling
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Soldiers Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
  • Iowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.
    • Centreville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Highland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rewey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cobb
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Linden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Linden is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Edmund
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Avoca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Avoca is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
    • Mineral Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.
    • Belmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.
    • Westport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Westport is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
    • Balmoral
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Boaz
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Allamakee County (IA)
  • Clayton County (IA)
  • Dubuque County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.
    • Waupeton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Balltown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Old Balltown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Sherrill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rickardsville
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Holy Cross
      (28 miles [45.1 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Luxemburg
      (29 miles [46.7 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

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Ida, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Ida.

Cemeteries Near Mount Ida ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Ida.

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 Mount Ida - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Ida covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.

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 Mount Ida had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Ida, with the one closest to Mount Ida listed first.

  • Werley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Werley is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
  • Mount Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hope is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
  • Fennimore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Stitzer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lancaster Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
  • Woodman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Woodman is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Lancaster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Boydtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Millville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Preston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Homer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Homer is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Boscobel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Boscobel is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Ida. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Ida.

Newspapers Published in Mount Ida ...

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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Ida.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Ida, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Ida.

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 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 Mount Ida:

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 Mount Ida, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Ida) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.