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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Riverside is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Jo Daviess (IL), Stephenson (IL), Grant, Green & Iowa.
Below are the counties that are near Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Riverside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Gratiot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Wiota
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- South Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Woodford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Argyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Shullsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Calamine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- White Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Blanchardville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- New Diggings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Dane County
- Belleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Cuba City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Hazel Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Platteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Dickeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Browntown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Cadiz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Twin Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- New Glarus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Mineral Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Attica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Moscow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mineral Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Rewey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Dodgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Ridgeway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Edmund
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Barneveld
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Cobb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Wilkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Massey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Smiths
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Saint Donatus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Blackhawk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Polsgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Apple River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Scales Mound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Pleasant Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Aiken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Hanover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Menominee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Winslow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- McConnell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Orangeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Yellow Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Eleroy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Cedarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside.
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Gratiot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kingsley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Wiota Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schellenger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hoffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lamont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Annes Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Gratiot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Dunbarton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dunbarton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Apple River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- South Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Lamont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lamont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Woodford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Nora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Argyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Shullsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Browntown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Martintown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Martintown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Calamine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside.
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, 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 Riverside.
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 Riverside:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Stephenson 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverside) 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 Riverside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |