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 Sterling (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 Sterling. 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 Sterling ...
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 Sterling: Mt. Sterling
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Sterling. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Sterling.
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 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.
Mount Sterling is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Sterling. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Sterling:
- Crawford County (The home county of Mount Sterling)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Gays Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Bell Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Towerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Rising Sun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Ferryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Soldiers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Steuben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Eastman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Charme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Boydtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Boscobel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Woodman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Millville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Blue River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Werley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Mount Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Patch Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Muscoda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Fennimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Wyalusing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bagley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bagley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Monroe County
- Cashton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Westport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Viola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Sabin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Boaz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Balmoral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Gillingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Bloom City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Richland Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Yuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Hub City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Fargo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Retreat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Liberty Pole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Readstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Purdy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Viroqua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Westby
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- La Farge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Genoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Dalby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Waterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Elon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- New Albin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Rossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Lycurgus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Volney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Waukon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waukon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <1>
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Marquette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McGregor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Beulah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Monona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Reno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Eitzen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Sterling, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Sterling.
Cemeteries Near Mount Sterling ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Sterling.
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 Sterling - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Sterling covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Sterling Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Utica Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eitsert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gays Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haney Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dickson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crow Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Towerville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barnum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mount Sterling had a population of 183 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Mount Sterling had a population of 196 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Sterling, with the one closest to Mount Sterling listed first.
- Seneca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Seneca is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Bell Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Towerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Rising Sun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Ferryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Steuben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Soldiers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Folsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Folsom is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Fargo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Eastman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- West Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Retreat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- North Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Readstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty Pole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Sterling. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Sterling.
Newspapers Published in Mount Sterling ...
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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Sterling.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Sterling, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Sterling.
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 Mount Sterling:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Houston 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> | 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 Sterling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Sterling) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |