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 Schneyville (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 Schneyville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Schneyville is located in Green 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 Green County: Stephenson (IL), Winnebago (IL), Dane, Iowa, Lafayette & Rock.
Below are the counties that are near Schneyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schneyville:
- Green County (The home county of Schneyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Twin Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Cadiz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Browntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Brodhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Mineral Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Attica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- New Glarus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Belleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Basco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Paoli
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Stone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Moscow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- South Wayne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Woodford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Argyle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Wiota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Gratiot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Blanchardville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Darlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Calamine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Orfordville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Newark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Magnolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Footville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Evansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Shannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Zier Cors
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Georgetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Lanark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Nora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Stockton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Apple River
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Ogle County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Baileyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Egan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Egan is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Adeline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adeline is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Forreston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leaf River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Oneco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Orangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Afolkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Rock Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- McConnell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winslow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Red Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Cedarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dakota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <1>
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Lake Summerset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Summerset is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Summerset
- Durand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
- Pecatonica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shirland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seward
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wempletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wempletown is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wempletown
- Winnebago
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alworth is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alworth
- Rockton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sturbridge Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Schneyville, see our County-by-County Page for Schneyville.
Cemeteries Near Schneyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schneyville.
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 Schneyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Schneyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Oneco Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Basswood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Victor Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Monroe Cemetery
- Monroe City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88062 <2>
- Salem Shippee McConnell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shippy Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Bellview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Afolkey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Schneyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Schneyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Schneyville, with the one closest to Schneyville listed first.
- Clarno
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clarno is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno
- Oneco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Orangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Buena Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Afolkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- McConnell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- Red Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Oakley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oakley is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Juda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Juda is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juda
- Browntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Martintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Martintown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Cedarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Damascus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Damascus is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schneyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schneyville.
Newspapers Published in Schneyville ...
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 176 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schneyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schneyville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Schneyville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Schneyville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Rock County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Winnebago 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 Schneyville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Schneyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |