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 Trempealeau (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 Trempealeau. 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 southwest 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 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.
Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau County: Winona (MN), Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson & La Crosse.
Below are the counties that are near Trempealeau. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trempealeau:
- Trempealeau County (The home county of Trempealeau)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Wrights Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Galesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Frenchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Ettrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Blair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Whitehall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Coral City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Marshland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshland is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Bluff Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Fountain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Cochrane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Waumandee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Montana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Buffalo City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- North Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Taylor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Brice Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Holmen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- French Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Onalaska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- North La Crosse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Grand Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Mindoro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- La Crosse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- West Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Barre Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Shelby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Stoddard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Chaseburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Coon Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Fillmore County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Rushford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Rushford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Rushford is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rushford
- Rushford Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushford Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Peterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bratsberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bratsberg is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratsberg
- Whalan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- La Crescent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Money Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Money Creek is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Creek
- Hokah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Houston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Caledonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yucatan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Reno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Willington Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Minneiska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Lamoille
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Nodine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Dakota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Winona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Goodview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goodview is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
- Minnesota City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stockton is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Wyattville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wyattville is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Rollingstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lewiston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trempealeau, see our County-by-County Page for Trempealeau.
Cemeteries Near Trempealeau ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trempealeau.
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 Trempealeau - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trempealeau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Trempealeau Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Cliff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Piper Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Brice Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Trempealeau had a population of 631 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Trempealeau had a population of 1,663 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trempealeau, with the one closest to Trempealeau listed first.
- Lamoille
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Pickwick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pickwick is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Amsterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Amsterdam is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Galesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Pine Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Creek is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Dakota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Dresbach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dresbach is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresbach
- East Winona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Winona is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winona
- Ridgeway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- New Hartford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Hartford is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Holmen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Bluff Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Sugarloaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sugarloaf is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trempealeau. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trempealeau.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Trempealeau ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trempealeau.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Trempealeau. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Trempealeau and those printed in the larger area surrounding Trempealeau.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Trempealeau.
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 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 Trempealeau:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Trempealeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jackson County
- La Crosse County
- Vernon County
- Fillmore County
- Houston County
- Wabasha County
- Winona 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 Trempealeau, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trempealeau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |