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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 Shennington (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 Shennington. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Shennington 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 Shennington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shennington:

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Shennington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shennington, with the one closest to Shennington listed first.
    • Wyeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Oakdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tomah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Tomah is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
    • Clifton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Warrens
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Warrens is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Tunnel City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
    • Kendall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Kendall is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Wilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Norwalk
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oil City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Oil City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Angelo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Sparta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Adams County
  • Crawford County
    • Lynxville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Jackson County
  • Juneau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shennington, with the one closest to Shennington listed first.
    • Camp Douglas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mather
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hustler
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Necedah
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sprague
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • New Lisbon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • New Miner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elroy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Elroy is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Mauston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mauston is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
    • Lemonweir
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Wonewoc
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Lyndon Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shennington, with the one closest to Shennington listed first.
    • Trippville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Tabor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ontario
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ontario is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
    • White City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shennington, with the one closest to Shennington listed first.
    • Nekoosa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pittsville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shennington, see our County-by-County Page for Shennington.

Cemeteries Near Shennington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shennington.

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 Shennington - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shennington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shennington, with the one closest to Shennington listed first.

  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Oakdale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sorenson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Camp Douglas Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Dannavang Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (133 more) ...
    • Clifton Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ranney Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lone Rock Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<1>

While we didn't find Shennington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shennington.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Shennington, with the one closest to Shennington listed first.

  • Wyeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Oakdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cloverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Norway Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Ridge
  • Camp Douglas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mather
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Tomah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tomah is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
  • Clifton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hustler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Warrens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Warrens is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Kirby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kirby is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shennington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shennington.

Newspapers Published in Shennington ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shennington.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shennington, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shennington.

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 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 Shennington:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Shennington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Shennington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.