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 Knob (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 Knob. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Pine Knob is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Knob. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Knob:
- Crawford County (The home county of Pine Knob)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Towerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Soldiers Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Gays Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Rising Sun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Mount Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Ferryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Steuben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Eastman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- De Soto
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Boydtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Boscobel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Blue River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Woodman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Muscoda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Werley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Fennimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Iowa County
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Saint Joseph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Shelby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Cashton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Viola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Sabin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Boaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Westport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Bloom City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Gillingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
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- Yuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Balmoral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Richland Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Hub City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Aubrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Readstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Fargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty Pole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- West Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Viroqua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Retreat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Purdy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- La Farge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Westby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Newry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Chaseburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Lansing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harpers Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dalby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- New Albin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Waterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Elon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Ion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Lycurgus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Clayton County (IA)
- Marquette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Reno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Knob, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Knob.
Cemeteries Near Pine Knob ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Knob.
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 Knob - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Knob covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Hooverson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kickapoo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fortney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Towerville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gays Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montgomeryville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maiben Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eitsert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Utica Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- North Clayton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Sterling Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Knob in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Knob.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Knob, with the one closest to Pine Knob listed first.
- Folsom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Folsom is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Towerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Soldiers Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Readstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- North Clayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Rising Sun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Mount Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Liberty Pole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Fargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sylvan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- West Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Knob. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Knob.
Newspapers Published in Pine Knob ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Knob.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Knob, 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 Knob.
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 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 Pine Knob:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Houston 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> | 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 Knob, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Knob) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |