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 Pleasantville (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 Pleasantville. 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 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.
Pleasantville is located in Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau County: Winona (MN), Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson & La Crosse.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasantville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasantville:
- Trempealeau County (The home county of Pleasantville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- Pigeon Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Coral City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Whitehall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Strum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Osseo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Eleva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Ettrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Frenchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- Lookout
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Gilmanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Mondovi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Montana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Waumandee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Marshland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Bluff Siding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bluff Siding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Cochrane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Fountain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Chippewa County
- Lake Hallie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hallie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Lake Hallie
- Clark County
- Humbird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Humbird
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- Rock Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Meridean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- Allen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Hay Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Fairchild
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Fall Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Altoona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Lufkin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Eau Claire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Seymour
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Shawtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Levis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Requa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Taylor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Sechlerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Hixton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Alma Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Merrillan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Black River Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- North Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Hatfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasantville, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasantville.
Cemeteries Near Pleasantville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasantville.
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 Pleasantville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2225240 <3>
- Wagner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wagner Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wagner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Whitehall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Whitehall Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Whitehall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
- Chimney Rock Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chimney Rock Lutheran Cemetery
- The Chimney Rock Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chimney Rock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963901 <3>
- Cripps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cripps Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cripps Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prairie View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- South Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Beef River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Beef River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Beef River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Big Slough Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Slough Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Slough Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pigeon Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pigeon Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pigeon Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Big Slough 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 Pleasantville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasantville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasantville, with the one closest to Pleasantville listed first.
- Hale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Elk Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Pigeon Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Whitehall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Strum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Osseo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- Northfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Northfield is located in Jackson County
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Levis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eleva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Lookout
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Nix Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nix Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
- Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
- Eleva
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasantville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasantville.
Newspapers Published in Pleasantville ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasantville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasantville, 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 Pleasantville.
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 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 Pleasantville:
- 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 Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark 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
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Trempealeau County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Trempealeau County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasantville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Trempealeau County: www.tremplocounty.com/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Pleasantville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasantville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasantville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4536, Longitude: -91.3049 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasantville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |