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 Pine Grove (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 Pine Grove. 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 Pine Grove ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Grove: Pine Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Pine Grove is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Pine Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Albertville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Irvine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Lake Hallie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Chippewa Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Bloomer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Lake Wissota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Eagleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- New Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Cadott
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Drywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Boyd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Cornell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Dallas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Chetek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Prairie Farm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Hillsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Mondovi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Gilmanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Lookout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Elk Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Falls City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Tainter Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Rock Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Meridean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Menomonie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Wheeler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Dunnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Boyceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Knapp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Eau Galle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Ridgeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Eau Claire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Lufkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Seymour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Fall Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Allen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Durand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Arkansaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Elmwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Spring Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Glenwood City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Hersey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Eleva
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Strum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Osseo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- McCombs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waneka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Running Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rumery Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Falls City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Brook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Peterson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Pine Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Elk Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Truax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Truax is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
- Shawtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Eau Claire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Rusk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Caryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caryville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
- Irvine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Chippewa Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Rock Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Cedar Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Meridean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Eagle Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Menomonie Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Menomonie Junction is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, 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 Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Chippewa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Eau Claire County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix County
- Trempealeau 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 Pine Grove, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |