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 Soldiers Grove (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 Soldiers Grove. 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 Soldiers Grove ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Soldiers Grove: Soldiers Grv.
- While the name of this village is Soldiers Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Soldiers Grove may originally have been Soldier's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Soldiers Grove might be written as Soldier Grove.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Soldiers Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Soldiers Grove:
- Crawford County (The home county of Soldiers Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Towerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Gays Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mount Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Rising Sun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Steuben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Ferryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Boydtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Eastman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- De Soto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Wauzeka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Boscobel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Blue River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Woodman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Muscoda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Werley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Fennimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Preston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Iowa County
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Cashton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Oil City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Melvina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Sabin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Boaz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Westport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Gillingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Bloom City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Richland Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Yuba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Balmoral
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Hub City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Readstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty Pole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Fargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Viroqua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- West Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- La Farge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Retreat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Purdy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Westby
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Newton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Newry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harpers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Dalby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- New Albin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Elon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Houston County (MN)
- Reno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Soldiers Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Soldiers Grove.
Cemeteries Near Soldiers Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soldiers Grove.
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 Soldiers Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Soldiers Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Montgomeryville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maiben Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kickapoo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fortney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gays Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Towerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whiteaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Soldiers Grove had a population of 112 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Soldiers Grove had a population of 535 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Soldiers Grove, with the one closest to Soldiers Grove listed first.
- North Clayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Readstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Folsom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Towerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Bell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Sylvan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mount Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Liberty Pole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Rising Sun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Sabin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Soldiers Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Soldiers Grove.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Soldiers Grove ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soldiers Grove.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Soldiers Grove. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Soldiers Grove and those printed in the larger area surrounding Soldiers Grove.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Soldiers Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Soldiers Grove:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Houston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Soldiers Grove, 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- Soldiers Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |