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 Tilden (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 Tilden. 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.
Tilden is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Barron, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Tilden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tilden:
- Chippewa County (The home county of Tilden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Eagleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Irvine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Chippewa Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Bloomer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Lake Hallie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Lake Wissota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Albertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Drywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Cadott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- New Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Cornell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Boyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Chetek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Dallas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Hillsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Prairie Farm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Eadsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eidsvold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Elk Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Tainter Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Falls City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Rock Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Meridean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Menomonie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Ridgeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Boyceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Dunnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Seymour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Altoona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Eau Claire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Shawtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Fall Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Lufkin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Allen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Weyerhaeuser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Strickland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Trempealeau County
- Eleva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tilden, see our County-by-County Page for Tilden.
Cemeteries Near Tilden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilden.
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 Tilden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tilden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Tilden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- O'Neil Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Home Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomer City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Bloomer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968592 <1>
- Rumery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Copp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooks Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Tilden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tilden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
- Eagle Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Irvine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Chippewa Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Bateman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bateman is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Truax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Truax is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
- Eau Claire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Altoona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Drywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Cadott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Elk Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shawtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Sand Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Fall Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tilden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tilden.
Newspapers Published in Tilden ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tilden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tilden, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tilden.
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 Tilden:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Chippewa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Clark County
- Dunn County
- Eau Claire County
- Rusk County
- Trempealeau County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Tilden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tilden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |