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 Valley (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 Valley. 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 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.
Valley is located in 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 Vernon County: Allamakee (IA), Houston (MN), Crawford, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley:
- Vernon County (The home county of Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- White City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- 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
- Mount Tabor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Ontario
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - La Farge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Trippville
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Newry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Westby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Readstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Viroqua
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Liberty Pole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- Union Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Elroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Hustler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Camp Douglas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Mauston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Lemonweir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley 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
- Rockland
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Saint Joseph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Bangor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Wilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Norwalk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Kendall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Cashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Melvina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Oakdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Tomah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Tunnel City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- 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
- Angelo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelo
- Angelo is located in Monroe County
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- Yuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Bloom City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Viola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Sabin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Hub City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Gillingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Cazenovia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Boaz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Richland Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Ithaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Aubrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- La Valle
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Ironton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Lime Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Sandusky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Reedsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Loganville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loganville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Valley.
Cemeteries Near Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley.
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 Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- Jug Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- 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.
- Revels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Revels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Revels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- White City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White City Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest - Burr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest - Burr Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest - Burr Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Hillsboro.
- The Forest - Burr Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barton's Corners / Forest Cemetery
- Burr - Salem Cemetery
- Forest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87964 <4>
- Billings Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Billings Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Billings Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87551 <4>
- Newburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- 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.
- Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vernon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87921 <4>
- Gordon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gordon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gordon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- 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.
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- 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.
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Hilltop Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hilltop Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hilltop Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bohemian Brotherhood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bohemian Brotherhood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bohemian Brotherhood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hilltop Rest 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Valley had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley, with the one closest to Valley listed first.
- Rockton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - La Farge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- West Lima
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Ontario
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mount Tabor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Trippville
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Yuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Bloom City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Viola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Henrietta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bloomingdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- 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
- Avalanche
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Ross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomingdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley.
Newspapers Published in Valley ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley, 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 Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Valley:
- 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 Vernon 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
- 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
- Richland 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
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Vernon County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Vernon County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6416, Longitude: -90.5418 In this case, the coordinates for Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |