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 Shady Dell (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 Shady Dell. 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.
Shady Dell 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 Shady Dell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Dell:
- Grant County (The home county of Shady Dell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Mount Ida
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Werley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Fennimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Stitzer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Woodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Patch Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Beetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Annaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Wauzeka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Bridgeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Steuben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Eastman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Prairie du Chien
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Charme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Bell Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Gays Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Soldiers Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Ferryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Rewey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Cobb
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Linden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Elk Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Westport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Balmoral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Boaz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Ion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Guttenberg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Marquette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McGregor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Turkey River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Garnavillo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Osterdock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Beulah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Clayton Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Elkport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Garber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garber is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Delaware County (IA)
- Colesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Waupeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Sherrill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Rickardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Durango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sageville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Luxemburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Asbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Dell, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Dell.
Cemeteries Near Shady Dell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Dell.
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 Shady Dell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Dell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Borah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Casler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Grant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- St. Clements Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Switzer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Shady Dell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Dell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Dell, with the one closest to Shady Dell listed first.
- Mount Ida
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Werley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Fennimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Stitzer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Lancaster Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Woodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Beetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beetown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetown
- Hurricane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hurricane is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- North Andover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Andover is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Dell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Dell.
Newspapers Published in Shady Dell ...
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 Shady Dell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Dell, 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 Shady Dell.
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 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 Shady Dell:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque 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 Shady Dell, 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- Shady Dell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |