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 Saint Marys (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 Saint Marys. 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.
Name Variations for Saint Marys ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Marys: St. Marys
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Marys. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Marys.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Saint Marys is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Marys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Marys:
- Monroe County (The home county of Saint Marys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Norwalk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Melvina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cashton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Wilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Kendall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Tunnel City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tomah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Oakdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Towerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Rising Sun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Lynxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Millston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Melrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- North Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Elroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hustler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Union Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Camp Douglas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Wonewoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- New Lisbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Mauston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Mather
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Rockland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Bangor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Saint Joseph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Barre Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Shelby
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Mindoro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Grand Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Onalaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- French Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- La Crosse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Viola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Yuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Bloom City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Sabin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Hub City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Gillingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Ontario
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Newry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Westby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Mount Tabor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- La Farge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Trippville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Coon Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Viroqua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Chaseburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- La Crescent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Marys, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Marys.
Cemeteries Near Saint Marys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Marys.
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 Saint Marys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Marys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wanderers Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bad Axe 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saint Marys had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Norwalk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Melvina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cashton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Ontario
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Newry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Bloomingdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Rockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Westby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Angelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Middle Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Mount Tabor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Marys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Marys.
Newspapers Published in Saint Marys ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Marys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Marys, 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 Saint Marys.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Saint Marys:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jackson County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Houston 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 Saint Marys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Marys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |