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 Old Albertville (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 Old Albertville. 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 hospitals 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.
Old Albertville is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Old Albertville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Albertville:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Old Albertville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Albertville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Lake Hallie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Chippewa Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Bloomer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Eagleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Lake Wissota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wissota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- New Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Cadott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Drywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Cornell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Boyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Chetek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Prairie Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Hillsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Mondovi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Springdale ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Elk Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Falls City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Tainter Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tainter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Rock Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Menomonie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Wheeler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Meridean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Dunnville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Boyceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Ridgeland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Knapp
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Eau Claire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Seymour
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Lufkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Fall Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Allen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Durand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Arkansaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Glenwood City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Hersey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Eleva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Strum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Albertville, see our County-by-County Page for Old Albertville.
Cemeteries Near Old Albertville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Albertville.
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 Old Albertville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- McCombs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCombs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCombs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cooks Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooks Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lower Running Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Running Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Running Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rumery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rumery Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rumery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tilden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tilden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tilden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evangelical Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hill Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Waneka Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waneka Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waneka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88303 <3>
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Prairie View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Iron Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iron Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iron Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Eau Claire.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87946 <3>
- Prairie View 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.<4>
While we didn't find Old Albertville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Albertville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Albertville, with the one closest to Old Albertville listed first.
- Elk Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Truax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Eau Claire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Chippewa Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Eagle Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Rusk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Caryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Eagleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cedar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Cedar Falls is located in Dunn County
- Menomonie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Rock Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Cedar Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Albertville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Albertville.
Newspapers Published in Old Albertville ...
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 Old Albertville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Albertville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Albertville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Old Albertville:
- 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 Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dunn 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
- Pepin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pierce County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Saint Croix 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
- Barron County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Chippewa County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Albertville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chippewa County: www.co.chippewa.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Old Albertville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Albertville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Albertville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9366, Longitude: -91.6002 In this case, the coordinates for Old Albertville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |