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 Rolling Ground (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 Rolling Ground. 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.
Rolling Ground is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Rolling Ground. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rolling Ground:
- Crawford County (The home county of Rolling Ground)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Bell Center
(5 miles [8 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
(5 miles [8 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Towerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Steuben
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Rising Sun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Boydtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Ferryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Eastman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Wauzeka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Boscobel
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Blue River
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Woodman
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Werley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Millville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Fennimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Mount Ida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Mount Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Preston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stitzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Montfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Patch Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Avoca
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Cashton
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Westport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Boaz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Sabin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Balmoral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Gillingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Richland Center
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Bloom City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Hub City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Yuba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Aubrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Sextonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- 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
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Readstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Fargo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty Pole
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- La Farge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Viroqua
(17 miles [27.4 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
- West Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Retreat
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Purdy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Westby
(23 miles [37 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
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Newton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Newry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Dalby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Elon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- New Albin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Ion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Marquette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGregor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rolling Ground, see our County-by-County Page for Rolling Ground.
Cemeteries Near Rolling Ground ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rolling Ground.
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 Rolling Ground - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rolling Ground covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- Mook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Montgomeryville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whiteaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Clayton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gays Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bell Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- West Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tavera Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Rolling Ground in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rolling Ground.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rolling Ground, with the one closest to Rolling Ground listed first.
- North Clayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Soldiers Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Bell Center
(5 miles [8 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
- Excelsior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sylvan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvan is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Folsom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Readstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Westport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Towerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boaz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Seneca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rolling Ground. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rolling Ground.
Newspapers Published in Rolling Ground ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rolling Ground.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rolling Ground, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rolling Ground.
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 Rolling Ground:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton 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> | 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 Rolling Ground, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rolling Ground) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |