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 Sand Creek (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 Sand Creek. 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 Sand Creek ...
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.
Another variation: Sandcreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Sand Creek: Sand Crk. (or less commonly used: Sand Ck. or Sand Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sand Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Creek.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Sand Creek is located in Dunn 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 Dunn County: Barron, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Sand Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Creek:
- Dunn County (The home county of Sand Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Ridgeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Colfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tainter Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Boyceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Elk Mound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Menomonie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Downing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Knapp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Falls City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Meridean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Rock Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Chetek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Hillsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Prairie Farm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Cameron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Barron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Poskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Twin Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Rice Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Almena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Turtle Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Haugen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- New Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Albertville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Eagleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Chippewa Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Irvine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Lake Hallie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Cornell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Lake Wissota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Drywood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Estella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Cadott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Eau Claire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Seymour
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Altoona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Lufkin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Clear Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Strickland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Weyerhaeuser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Apollonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Bruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Glenwood City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Hersey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Creek.
Cemeteries Near Sand Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Creek.
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 Sand Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Myron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Our Saviors Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Popple Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dovre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Popple Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Auburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Auburn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of New Auburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88532 <1>
- New Auburn Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sioux Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Marquardt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tollebu Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Sand Creek had a population of 121 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Chetek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Colfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Hillsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Prairie Farm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Eagle Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Cameron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Cedar Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Barron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boyceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Rusk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rusk is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Menomonie Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Menomonie Junction is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Creek.
Newspapers Published in Sand Creek ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Creek, 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 Sand Creek.
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 Sand Creek:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dunn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Chippewa County
- Eau Claire County
- Polk County
- Rusk County
- Saint Croix County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Sand Creek, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |