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 Romance (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 Romance. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Romance 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 Romance. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Romance:
- Vernon County (The home county of Romance)
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Newton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Genoa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Purdy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Chaseburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Retreat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Fargo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty Pole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Viroqua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Coon Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Westby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Newry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- De Soto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Freeman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Rising Sun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Ferryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Towerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Gays Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Soldiers Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Bell Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Charme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Eastman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Steuben
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Shelby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- La Crosse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Middle Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Barre Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Grand Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- French Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Onalaska
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- Bangor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- West Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Rockland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Cashton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Melvina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Viola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Sabin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- New Albin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lansing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dorchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dalby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Lycurgus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Elon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Harpers Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Quandahl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Waukon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <1>
- Waukon Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Rossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Ion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Winneshiek County (IA)
- Highlandville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Reno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Eitzen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Hokah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wilmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- La Crescent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bee is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Willington Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Spring Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yucatan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Money Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Dakota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Nodine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Romance, see our County-by-County Page for Romance.
Cemeteries Near Romance ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Romance.
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 Romance - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Romance covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haukley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Krause Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnebago Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Albin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Church of Peace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rush Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 in 1895, Romance had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Romance, with the one closest to Romance listed first.
- Newton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Genoa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Victory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Victory is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Red Mound
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Mound is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mound
- Purdy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Chaseburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Reno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- New Albin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Retreat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- De Soto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Springville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Esofea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Esofea is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esofea
- Fargo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Romance. See our List of 1890's Communities around Romance.
Newspapers Published in Romance ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Romance.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Romance, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Romance.
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 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 Romance:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Vernon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Allamakee County
- Winneshiek County
- Houston County
- Winona 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 Romance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Romance) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |