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 Tomah (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 Tomah. 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 doctors and 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.
Tomah is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Tomah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tomah:
- Monroe County (The home county of Tomah)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Tunnel City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Oakdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Valley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Wyeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Shennington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Warrens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Wilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Norwalk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Angelo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Kendall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Sparta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Strongs Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lynxville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Millston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Pray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Black River Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Camp Douglas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Mather
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- New Lisbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Elroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Necedah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Mauston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Union Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- New Miner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Wonewoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Lemonweir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Rockland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Middle Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Mindoro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- West Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Ontario
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Mount Tabor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Trippville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trippville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Newry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Westby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- La Farge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tomah, see our County-by-County Page for Tomah.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tomah ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tomah.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tomah. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tomah and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tomah.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Tomah.
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 Tomah:
- 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 Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams 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
- Jackson 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
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Vernon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Monroe County
Cemeteries Near Tomah ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tomah.
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 Tomah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Boyonton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyonton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyonton Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- LaGrange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the LaGrange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the LaGrange Cemetery
- Greenfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenfield Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood Cemetery
- Oakdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Noth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noth Cemetery
- Worden - Burroughs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Worden - Burroughs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Worden - Burroughs Cemetery
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Dannavang Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dannavang Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dannavang Cemetery
- County Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Cemetery
- Warren Mills Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warren Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warren Mills Cemetery
- Dannavang 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tomah had a population of 2,199 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tomah had a population of 9,363 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tomah, with the one closest to Tomah listed first.
- Tunnel City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Oakdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Wyeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Valley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Kirby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Warrens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Norwalk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Camp Douglas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Norway Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Ridge
- Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Hustler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Angelo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mather
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Sparta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Kendall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mather
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tomah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tomah.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tomah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tomah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tomah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9897, Longitude: -90.5035 In this case, the coordinates for Tomah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Tomah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |