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 Prairie Farm (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 Prairie Farm. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Prairie Farm is located in Barron 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 Barron County: Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Prairie Farm. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prairie Farm:
- Barron County (The home county of Prairie Farm)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Twin Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Poskin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Almena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Barron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Turtle Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Chetek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Cameron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Rice Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Haugen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- New Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Bloomer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Albertville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Ridgeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Boyceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Downing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Tainter Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tainter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Knapp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Colfax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Menomonie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Elk Mound
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce County
- Spring Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Spring Valley
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Amery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Deronda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Balsam Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balsam Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Horse Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Strickland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Weyerhaeuser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Glenwood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Deer Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hersey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Erin Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Woodville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Star Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Hammond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- New Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prairie Farm, see our County-by-County Page for Prairie Farm.
Newspapers Published in Prairie Farm ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Farm.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prairie Farm, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prairie Farm.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Prairie Farm:
- 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 Barron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa 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
- Pierce County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Polk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Saint Croix County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Barron County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Prairie Farm ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie Farm.
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 Prairie Farm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Solum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solum Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Cemetery
- Akers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Akers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Akers Cemetery
- Vanceburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vanceburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vanceburg Cemetery
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Independent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Independent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Independent Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Reeve Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reeve Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reeve Cemetery
- New Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Haven Cemetery
- Old Hillsdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Hillsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hillsdale Cemetery
- Reeve 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Prairie Farm had a population of 108 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Prairie Farm had a population of 434 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prairie Farm, with the one closest to Prairie Farm listed first.
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Hillsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Almena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Barron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Richardson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Polk County
- Boyceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Turtle Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Joel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Downing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Sand Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Chetek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Cameron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prairie Farm. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prairie Farm.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Farm. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Barron County: www.co.barron.wi.us/
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Prairie Farm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2375, Longitude: -91.9810 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Prairie Farm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |