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 Trenton (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 Trenton. 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 doctors and 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.
Trenton is located in Pierce 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 Pierce County: Dakota (MN), Goodhue (MN), Washington (MN), Dunn, Pepin & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Trenton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trenton:
- Pierce County (The home county of Trenton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Hager City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Bay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Moeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Trimbelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Maiden Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Beldenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Morton Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- El Paso
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Prescott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,279 people
- River Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Martell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Waverly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Maxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Dunn County
- Eau Galle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Stockholm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Lund
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Barry Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lakeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Pepin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Ella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Arkansaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Durand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Roberts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- North Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Burkhardt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Hersey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Miesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hastings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Trier
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Trier is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Nininger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Vermillion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Randolph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Coates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Coates is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Rosemount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Inver Grove Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Castle Rock is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Red Wing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Welch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frontenac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodhue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- White Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Belle Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Creek
- Bellechester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bellechester is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellechester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Cannon Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hader
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hader is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hader
- Zumbrota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wanamingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wangs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wangs is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangs
- Stanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Olmsted County (MN)
- Oronoco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- Highwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Rice County (MN)
- Nerstrand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Lake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Zumbro Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Jarrett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrett is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Reads Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wabasha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Afton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Afton is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,036 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
- Saint Marys Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marys Point is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Cottage Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Saint Croix Beach is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Croix Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Lakeland Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bayport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trenton, see our County-by-County Page for Trenton.
Cemeteries Near Trenton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trenton.
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 Trenton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trenton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Trenton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodhue County Poor Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burnside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Svea Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Bluff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Church Of The Messiah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Messiah Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Mission Covenant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Esdaile Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Trenton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trenton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Hager City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hager City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hager City
- Red Wing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Diamond Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Bay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Eggleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eggleston is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggleston
- Esdaile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Esdaile is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esdaile
- Moeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Hay Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Wacouta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wacouta is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacouta
- Welch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trimbelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Etter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Etter is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etter
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vasa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vasa is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vasa
- Belvidere Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belvidere Mills is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Mills
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trenton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trenton.
Newspapers Published in Trenton ...
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 195 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trenton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trenton, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trenton.
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 either 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 Trenton:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Pierce County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Pepin County
- Saint Croix County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue County
- Olmsted County
- Ramsey County
- Rice County
- Wabasha County
- Washington 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 Trenton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trenton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |