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 Nye (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 Nye. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Nye is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Chisago (MN), Washington (MN), Barron, Burnett, Dunn & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Nye. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nye:
- Polk County (The home county of Nye)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- Dresser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Horse Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Deronda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Saint Croix Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Centuria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Amery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Balsam Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Clear Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Milltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Bunyan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Luck
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Luck is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- Turtle Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Twin Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Almena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Prairie Farm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Poskin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Burnett County
- Randall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Dunn County
- Downing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- Star Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Deer Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- New Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Somerset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Erin Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Burkhardt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- North Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Hammond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Glenwood City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Anoka County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- City of Columbus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Columbus
- Estimated population in 2015: 4,007 people
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Lino Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Circle Pines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ham Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- Franconia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shafer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lindstrom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Almelund
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chisago City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stacy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stacy is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
- Wyoming
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Branch is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- North Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Isanti County (MN)
- Weber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weber is located in Isanti County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Ramsey County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- White Bear Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- White Bear Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gem Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vadnais Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Scandia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Withrow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Withrow is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
- Stillwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
- Hugo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hugo is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
- Oak Park Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dellwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dellwood is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Mahtomedi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nye, see our County-by-County Page for Nye.
Cemeteries Near Nye ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nye.
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 Nye - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nye covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- El Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Croix Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wagon Landing Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franconia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kahbakong Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Centuria.
- The Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fristad Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87987 <3>
- St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (158 more) ...
- Lincoln Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Volga Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Volga Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Amery.
- The Volga Cemetery has also been known as:
- Traveler's Rest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1361634 <3>
- Panola German Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Nye had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nye, with the one closest to Nye listed first.
- Franconia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- East Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Farmington is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmington
- Saint Croix Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Deronda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Taylors Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Little Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Volga ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Shafer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Amery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Scandia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Balsam Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Deer Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nye. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nye.
Newspapers Published in Nye ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nye.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nye, 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 Nye.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Nye:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Burnett County
- Dunn County
- Saint Croix County
- Anoka County
- Chisago County
- Isanti County
- Ramsey County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nye) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |