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 Red Cedar (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 Red Cedar. 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 and 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.
Red Cedar is located in Dunn 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 Dunn County: Barron, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Red Cedar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Cedar:
- Dunn County (The home county of Red Cedar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Dunnville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Meridean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Eau Galle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Rock Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Falls City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Menomonie
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Elk Mound
(16 miles [25.7 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Knapp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Wheeler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Boyceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Maxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Mondovi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Gilmanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Lookout
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Montana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Waumandee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Albertville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Lake Hallie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Irvine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Chippewa Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Lufkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Shawtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Eau Claire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Altoona
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Seymour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Allen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Fall Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Durand
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Arkansaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Ella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Barry Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lund
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Pepin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Lakeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Stockholm
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Elmwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Plum City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Olivet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Spring Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Maiden Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- El Paso
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Martell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Bay City
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Morton Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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 Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Hersey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Glenwood City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 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
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Eleva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Strum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Russell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Goodhue County (MN)
- Frontenac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Reads Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kellogg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Cedar, see our County-by-County Page for Red Cedar.
Cemeteries Near Red Cedar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Cedar.
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 Red Cedar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Cedar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peru Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waubeek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fossum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pownell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Henrys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Clearview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Forest Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- French Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Red Cedar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Cedar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Cedar, with the one closest to Red Cedar listed first.
- Dunnville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Durand
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Meridean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Downsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downsville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Eau Galle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Arkansaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Rock Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Caryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caryville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
- Porcupine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Porcupine is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
- Menomonie
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Ella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Urne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Urne is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urne
- Mondovi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Exile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Exile is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exile
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Cedar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Cedar.
Newspapers Published in Red Cedar ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Cedar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Cedar, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Cedar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Red Cedar:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dunn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Chippewa County
- Eau Claire County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Saint Croix County
- Trempealeau County
- Goodhue County
- Wabasha 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Red Cedar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Red Cedar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |