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 Rockbridge (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 Rockbridge. 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.
Rockbridge is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Rockbridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockbridge:
- Richland County (The home county of Rockbridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Hub City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Woodstock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Gillingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Bloom City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Yuba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Richland Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Cazenovia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Aubrey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Sabin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Boaz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Bell Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Gays Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Towerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Rising Sun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Muscoda
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Blue River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Boscobel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Arena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Cassell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Pleasant Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Wonewoc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Union Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Elroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Lemonweir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Mauston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Lyndon Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Hustler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Kendall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Oil City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Wilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cashton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Norwalk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Lime Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Ironton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- La Valle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Loganville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Reedsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Plain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Leland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Rock Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Denzer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Spring Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- North Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- La Farge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Mount Tabor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Trippville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Readstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Ontario
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Liberty Pole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Viroqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Westby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Fargo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockbridge, see our County-by-County Page for Rockbridge.
Cemeteries Near Rockbridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockbridge.
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 Rockbridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockbridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Rockbridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Soules Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Patrick Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bloom City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- English Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Pine River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rockbridge had a population of 66 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockbridge, with the one closest to Rockbridge listed first.
- Buck Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buck Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Hub City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Woodstock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Gillingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Henrietta ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Bloom City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Loyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Loyd is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Yuba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Richland Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Cazenovia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Valton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valton
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Keyesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keyesville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockbridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockbridge.
Newspapers Published in Rockbridge ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockbridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockbridge, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockbridge.
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 Rockbridge:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- Monroe County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Rockbridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rockbridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |