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 Oil City (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 Oil City. 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.
Oil City is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Oil City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oil City:
- Monroe County (The home county of Oil City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Norwalk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Cashton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Kendall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Tomah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Tunnel City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Oakdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Angelo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Wyeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Valley Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Towerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Rising Sun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Jackson County
- Millston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Elroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Union Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Hustler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Wonewoc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Camp Douglas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Mauston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Lemonweir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Mather
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Rockland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Bangor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Saint Joseph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Barre Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- West Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Shelby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Yuba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Viola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Bloom City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Sabin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Hub City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Gillingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Cazenovia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Boaz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Richland Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- La Valle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Ironton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Lime Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Ontario
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Mount Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Trippville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- White City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Newry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- La Farge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Westby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Viroqua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Coon Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Readstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty Pole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oil City, see our County-by-County Page for Oil City.
Cemeteries Near Oil City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oil City.
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 Oil City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oil City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Hilltop Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gordon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Billings Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvin Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wanderers Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bad Axe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Revels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Oil City had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oil City, with the one closest to Oil City listed first.
- Ontario
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Norwalk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Saint Marys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marys is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Rockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Mount Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Trippville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Cashton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Newry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Kendall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Bloomingdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- La Farge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Westby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oil City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oil City.
Newspapers Published in Oil City ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oil City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oil City, 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 Oil City.
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 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 Oil City:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jackson County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Oil City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oil City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |