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 Sandy Hook (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 Sandy Hook. 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 Sandy Hook ...
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: Sandyhook.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sandy Hook. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy Hook.
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 doctors and 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.
Sandy Hook is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Hook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Hook:
- Grant County (The home county of Sandy Hook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Rutledge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Dickeyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Hazel Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Cuba City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Tennyson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Potosi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potosi is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Platteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Beetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Cassville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Rewey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mineral Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Etna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Elk Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Belmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Darlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Calamine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Gratiot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Guttenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osterdock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Delaware County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Rockville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Colesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Dubuque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sageville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Cattese
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Massey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Massey is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Key West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Asbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Durango
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sherrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wilkins is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Centralia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Graf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Jackson County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Saint Donatus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- La Motte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smiths
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- North Bellevue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bellevue
- Cottonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Bellevue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garry Owen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Andrew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Springbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crab Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Ironhills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Jones County (IA)
- Clay Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- East Dubuque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Menominee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Scales Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Apple River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Hook, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Hook.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Hook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Hook.
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 Sandy Hook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Hook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Linwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Clara Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sinnipee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doctor Finleys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Third Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Simpson Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Sandy Hook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Hook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Hook, with the one closest to Sandy Hook listed first.
- Rutledge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Fair Play
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fair Play is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Kieler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kieler is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieler
- Dubuque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Dubuque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sinsinawa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sinsinawa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinsinawa
- Louisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Louisburg is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Sageville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Cattese
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Menominee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Dickeyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Center Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Grove is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Key West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Hook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Hook.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Hook ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Hook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Hook, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Hook.
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 Sandy Hook:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Jo Daviess 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 Sandy Hook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Hook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |