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 Pleasant Valley (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 Pleasant Valley. 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 Pleasant Valley ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Valley.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Pleasant Valley is located in Vernon 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 Vernon County: Allamakee (IA), Houston (MN), Crawford, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley:
- Vernon County (The home county of Pleasant Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Stoddard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Chaseburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Coon Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Newton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Purdy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Westby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Newry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Viroqua
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Retreat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Liberty Pole
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Buffalo County
- Marshland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- De Soto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Rising Sun
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Freeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Towerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Ferryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Soldiers Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- North Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Shelby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Saint Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- La Crosse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Barre Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Grand Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- French Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Onalaska
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- Middle Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- West Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Bangor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Cashton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Sparta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Norwalk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Oil City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Richland County
- Viola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Trempealeau
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Galesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Wrights Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Frenchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- New Albin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dorchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Quandahl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Lycurgus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Fillmore County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Bratsberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Rushford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Rushford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- La Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Hokah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eitzen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Willington Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Money Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Bee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bee is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Spring Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Dakota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Nodine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Lamoille
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley.
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 Pleasant Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Chipmunk Coulee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oehler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gable Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Krause Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kienholz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hellwig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Veterans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Christoph Hammer Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frederick Hammer Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neumann Family 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 Pleasant Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Calvert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Stoddard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Chaseburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- La Crosse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Saint Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Coon Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Barre Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Medary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Medary is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
- Reno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Grand Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hokah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Valley ...
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 216 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Valley, 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 Pleasant Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Pleasant Valley:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Vernon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Crawford County
- Jackson County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Trempealeau County
- Allamakee County
- Fillmore County
- Houston County
- Winona 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 Pleasant Valley, 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 from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |