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 Speck Oaks (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 Speck Oaks. 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 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.
Speck Oaks is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Clark, Eau Claire, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Speck Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Speck Oaks:
- Jackson County (The home county of Speck Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Lapham Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapham Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Pray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Hatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- City Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Black River Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Merrillan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Alma Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Hixton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sechlerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Taylor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - North Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Neillsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Granton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Humbird
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Globe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Veefkind
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Spokeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Loyal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynxville
- Eau Claire County
- Fairchild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairchild
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Mather
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Sprague
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - New Miner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Camp Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Warrens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Valley Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Tunnel City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Wyeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Tomah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Shennington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Angelo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Oakdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Lindsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Pittsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Bakerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Speck Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Speck Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Speck Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speck Oaks.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Speck Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Knapp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knapp Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knapp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Komensky Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Komensky Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Komensky Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brookside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Decorah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Decorah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Decorah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Indian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Martyrs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martyrs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martyrs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hatfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Warren Mills Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warren Mills Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warren Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dells Dam Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dells Dam Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dells Dam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- City Point Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Point Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Levis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Levis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Levis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Riverside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1840565 <3>
- Continue List (113 more) ...
- Olson Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dannavang Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dannavang Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dannavang Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Olson Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Speck Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Speck Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Speck Oaks, with the one closest to Speck Oaks listed first.
- Lynxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Lapham Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapham Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Waterbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Pray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Spaulding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Sheppard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Hatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Warrens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - City Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Shortville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shortville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortville
- Shortville is located in Clark County
- Black River Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shamrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Kirby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Mather
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Shamrock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Speck Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Speck Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Speck Oaks ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speck Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speck Oaks, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Speck Oaks.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Speck Oaks:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Speck Oaks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Speck Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Speck Oaks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Speck Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3002, Longitude: -90.5707 In this case, the coordinates for Speck Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |