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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 Pepin (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 Pepin. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Pepin is located in Pepin 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 Pepin County: Goodhue (MN), Wabasha (MN), Buffalo, Dunn, Eau Claire & Pierce.

Below are the counties that are near Pepin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pepin:

  • Pepin County     (The home county of Pepin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pepin, with the one closest to Pepin listed first.
    • Lakeport
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Barry Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stockholm
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stockholm is located in Pepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Lund
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ella
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Arkansaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Durand
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pepin, with the one closest to Pepin listed first.
    • Nelson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Nelson is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Savoy ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Savoy is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
    • Maxville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Alma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Springdale ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Springdale is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Buffalo City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Cochrane
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Anchorage ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Gilmanton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Waumandee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Montana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Mondovi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Dunn County
  • Pierce County
  • Goodhue County (MN)
  • Olmsted County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pepin, with the one closest to Pepin listed first.
    • Potsdam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Viola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Oronoco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Oronoco is located in Olmsted County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,532 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oronoco <1>
  • Wabasha County (MN)
  • Winona County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pepin, with the one closest to Pepin listed first.
    • Beaver ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Elba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elba is located in Winona County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Altura
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Altura is located in Winona County (MN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altura <1>
    • Rollingstone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pepin, see our County-by-County Page for Pepin.

Cemeteries Near Pepin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pepin.

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 Pepin - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pepin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pepin, with the one closest to Pepin listed first.

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 Pepin had a population of 369 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pepin had a population of 747 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pepin, with the one closest to Pepin listed first.

  • Trevino
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Trevino is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevino
  • Lake City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wabasha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wabasha is located in Wabasha County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabasha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wabasha <1>
  • Lund
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Nelson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nelson is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
  • Misha Mokwa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Misha Mokwa is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misha Mokwa
  • Savoy ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Savoy is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
  • Ella
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Porcupine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Porcupine is located in Pepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
  • Kellogg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kellogg is located in Wabasha County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <1>
  • Midland Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Midland Junction is located in Wabasha County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Junction
  • Maiden Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pepin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pepin.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pepin ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pepin.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pepin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pepin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pepin.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Pepin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Pepin:

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>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.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Pepin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pepin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.