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 Smith Landing (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 Smith Landing. 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 Smith Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Smith Landing: Smith Lndg. (or less commonly used: Smith Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smith Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smith Landing.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Smith Landing is located in Pierce 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 Pierce County: Dakota (MN), Goodhue (MN), Washington (MN), Dunn, Pepin & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Smith Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smith Landing:
- Pierce County (The home county of Smith Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Trimbelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Hager City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Beldenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Morton Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Bay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- El Paso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Martell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Maiden Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Stockholm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Lund
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Barry Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lakeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- North Hudson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Roberts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Burkhardt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Hammond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Erin Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- New Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Hersey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Miesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hastings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nininger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- New Trier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Trier is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Vermillion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coates is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosemount
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Inver Grove Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Saint Paul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Welch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Wing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Goodhue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Frontenac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hader
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Stanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Bellechester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Wangs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Dennison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Highwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- North Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Little Canada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rice County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Northfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nerstrand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Afton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Afton is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,036 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
- Saint Marys Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Cottage Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Saint Paul Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland Shores
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Landfall is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Bayport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Elmo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smith Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Smith Landing.
Cemeteries Near Smith Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith Landing.
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 Smith Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smith Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Ravenna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna Cemetery
- The Ravenna Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elliot's Hill Cemetery
- Prairie Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hamman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Diamond Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Church Of The Messiah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Glen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Irish Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Welch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Mission Covenant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Trimbelle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hasting State Asylum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marsh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Smith Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smith Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smith Landing, with the one closest to Smith Landing listed first.
- Etter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Etter is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
- Eggleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eggleston is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggleston
- Diamond Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Trimbelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- Point Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Point Douglas is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Douglas
- Welch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Hastings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hager City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Beldenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Red Wing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vasa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vasa is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vasa
- River Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith Landing.
Newspapers Published in Smith Landing ...
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 343 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith Landing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smith Landing.
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 Smith Landing:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Pierce County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pepin County
- Saint Croix County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Wabasha County
- Washington 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 Smith Landing, 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- Smith Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |