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 Readstown (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 Readstown. 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 hospitals 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.
Readstown 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 Readstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Readstown:
- Vernon County (The home county of Readstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty Pole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Viroqua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Fargo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- La Farge
(10 miles [16.1 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
- West Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Westby
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Purdy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Retreat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Newry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Newton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ontario
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Towerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Gays Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Rising Sun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Bell Center
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mount Sterling
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Ferryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Steuben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Eastman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Blue River
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Boscobel
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Woodman
(24 miles [38.6 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Werley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Iowa County
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Union Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Saint Joseph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 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 Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Cashton
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Oil City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Melvina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Norwalk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Wilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Kendall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Boaz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Bloom City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Gillingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Yuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Hub City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Richland Center
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Balmoral
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Aubrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Lime Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harpers Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Albin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dalby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Waukon Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Houston County (MN)
- Reno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Readstown, see our County-by-County Page for Readstown.
Cemeteries Near Readstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Readstown.
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 Readstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Readstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maiben Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Manning Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fortney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Berry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kickapoo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Clayton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montgomeryville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Sylvan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bender Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bender Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Viola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136070 <3>
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 Readstown had a population of 65 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Readstown had a population of 414 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Readstown, with the one closest to Readstown listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Folsom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Sugar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- North Clayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Sylvan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Ross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Towerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Liberty Pole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Sabin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Viroqua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fargo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Rising Sun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- La Farge
(10 miles [16.1 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Readstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Readstown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Readstown ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Readstown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Readstown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Readstown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Readstown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Readstown.
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 helpful 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 Readstown:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Vernon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Allamakee 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> | 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- Readstown) 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 Readstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |