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 Porcupine (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 Porcupine. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Porcupine 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 Porcupine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Porcupine:
- Pepin County (The home county of Porcupine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Ella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Arkansaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Barry Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lund
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Durand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Pepin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Lakeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Stockholm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Maxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Alma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Mondovi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Gilmanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Lookout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Buffalo City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cochrane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Montana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Eau Galle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Dunnville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Meridean
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Menomonie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Falls City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Rock Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Knapp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Elk Mound
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Tainter Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Eau Claire County
- Lufkin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Plum City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Maiden Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Elmwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Olivet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- El Paso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Bay City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Spring Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Ellsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Hager City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Martell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Moeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Morton Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Hersey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Baldwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Trempealeau County
- Eleva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Frontenac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Wing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bellechester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Goodhue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Reads Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kellogg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weaver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Jarrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Zumbro Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Plainview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Minneiska
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winona County (MN)
- Beaver ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Porcupine, see our County-by-County Page for Porcupine.
Cemeteries Near Porcupine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Porcupine.
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 Porcupine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Porcupine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Porcupine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- French Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Plum Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plum Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Plum Lutheran Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Pepin.
- The Little Plum Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Plum Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88351 <3>
- Round Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Free Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lund Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maxville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mission Covenant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plum City Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waubeek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Clearview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Henrys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Henrys Cemetery
- The St. Henrys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Henrys Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88942 <3>
- Sabylund Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Porcupine had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Porcupine, with the one closest to Porcupine listed first.
- Ella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Arkansaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Plum City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Lund
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Misha Mokwa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Misha Mokwa is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misha Mokwa
- Durand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Exile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Exile is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exile
- Eau Galle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Ono
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ono is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ono
- Pepin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Trevino
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Trevino is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevino
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Maiden Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Urne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Urne is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Porcupine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Porcupine.
Newspapers Published in Porcupine ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Porcupine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Porcupine, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Porcupine.
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 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 Porcupine:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Pepin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Eau Claire County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix County
- Trempealeau County
- Goodhue County
- Wabasha 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Porcupine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Porcupine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |