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 Tunnelville (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 Tunnelville. 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.
Tunnelville is primarily located in Richland County. A portion of Tunnelville extends into Vernon 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 Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Tunnelville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tunnelville:
- Richland County (The home county of Tunnelville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Viola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Sabin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Bloom City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Yuba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Gillingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Hub City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Boaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Richland Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Cazenovia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Ithaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Neptune
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Balmoral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldiers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Towerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Towerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Rising Sun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rising Sun. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Gays Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Bell Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bell Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Mount Sterling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Freeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Ferryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- De Soto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Blue River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Muscoda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Boscobel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Union Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Elroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Hustler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middle Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Rockland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Bangor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Barre Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barre Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Cashton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Melvina
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Norwalk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Kendall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Sparta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Angelo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Ironton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Lime Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- La Valle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Sandusky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- La Farge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Readstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - White City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Viroqua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Westby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Newry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Liberty Pole
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Mount Tabor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Trippville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trippville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Fargo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Hillsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tunnelville, see our County-by-County Page for Tunnelville.
Cemeteries Near Tunnelville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tunnelville.
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 Tunnelville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- Lawton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87551 <3>
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Star Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Viola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Viola Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1996947 <3>
- Booher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Booher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Booher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bender Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bender Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bender Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northwest of Viola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136070 <3>
- Brush Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brush Hollow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brush Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Manning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manning Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Newburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newburn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newburn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jug Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jug Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jug Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Newburn 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.<5>
While we didn't find Tunnelville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tunnelville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tunnelville, with the one closest to Tunnelville listed first.
- La Farge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Viola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Ross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - West Lima
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Rockton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Avalanche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Readstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Bloomingdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Bloomingdale is located in Vernon County
- Sylvan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sabin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Bloom City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Yuba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sabin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tunnelville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tunnelville.
Newspapers Published in Tunnelville ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tunnelville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tunnelville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tunnelville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Tunnelville:
- 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 Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa 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
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk 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
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Richland County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Richland County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tunnelville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Richland County: www.co.richland.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> | 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. |
| <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> | 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- Tunnelville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tunnelville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5530, Longitude: -90.6585 In this case, the coordinates for Tunnelville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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 Tunnelville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |