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 North Branch (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 North Branch. 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 North Branch ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Branch: N. Branch
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.
North Branch is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Clark, Eau Claire, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near North Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Branch:
- Jackson County (The home county of North Branch)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Branch, with the one closest to North Branch listed first.
- Alma Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Hixton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sechlerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sechlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Merrillan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Taylor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Requa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Black River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Hatfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Millston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- North Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Buffalo County
- Lookout
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Lookout
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Branch, with the one closest to North Branch listed first.
- Humbird
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Neillsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Globe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Willard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Granton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lynxville
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Branch, with the one closest to North Branch listed first.
- Fairchild
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Hay Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Fall Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- La Crosse County
- Mindoro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Mindoro
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Branch, with the one closest to North Branch listed first.
- Pigeon Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Osseo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Coral City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Whitehall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Strum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Ettrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Eleva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Frenchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Branch, see our County-by-County Page for North Branch.
Newspapers Published in North Branch ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Branch, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Branch.
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 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 North Branch:
- 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 Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Cemeteries Near North Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Branch.
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 North Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Branch, with the one closest to North Branch listed first.
- West Garden Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Garden Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Garden Valley Cemetery
- Pole Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pole Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pole Grove Cemetery
- Stanford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanford Cemetery
- Smallpox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smallpox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smallpox Cemetery
- Diphtheria Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Diphtheria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Diphtheria Cemetery
- Curtis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Rest Cemetery
- East Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lawn Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
- Sechlerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sechlerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sechlerville Cemetery
- Houghtonburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Houghtonburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houghtonburg Cemetery
- Continue List (120 more) ...
- Pigeon Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pigeon Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pigeon Creek Cemetery
- Big Slough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Slough Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Slough Cemetery
- Curran Coulee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curran Coulee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curran Coulee Cemetery
- Pigeon Creek 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Branch had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Branch, with the one closest to North Branch listed first.
- Hixton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Alma Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Sechlerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sechlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Northfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Northfield is located in Jackson County
- Humbird
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Merrillan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Levis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Price
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Pigeon Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Fairchild
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Black River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Hatfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Hale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Osseo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hatfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Branch.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Branch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.wi.us/
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4475, Longitude: -90.9990 In this case, the coordinates for North Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 North Branch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |