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 Viking (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 Viking. 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 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.
Viking is primarily located in Pierce County. A portion of Viking extends into Saint Croix 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 Viking. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Viking:
- Pierce County (The home county of Viking)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Martell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- El Paso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Morton Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Beldenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Elmwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- River Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- River Falls is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,306 people
- Moeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Trimbelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Maxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Knapp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Downing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Eau Galle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Menomonie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Dunnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Wheeler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tainter Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Falls City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Meridean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Arkansaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Lund
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Barry Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Durand
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Stockholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Ella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lakeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeport is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Pepin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pepin is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Clear Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Horse Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Amery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Deronda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Baldwin
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Hammond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Hersey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Wilson
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Roberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Erin Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Glenwood City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Burkhardt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- New Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- North Hudson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Hastings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nininger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Miesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Red Wing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Welch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha County (MN)
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Afton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lakeland Shores is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Lakeland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Marys Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
- Bayport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Park Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Elmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cottage Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Duluth Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Viking, see our County-by-County Page for Viking.
Cemeteries Near Viking ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Viking.
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 Viking - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Viking covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Rush River Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Martell Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martell Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilman Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brookville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Rush River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. John Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- St. Michael Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Viking in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Viking.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Viking, with the one closest to Viking listed first.
- Martell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- El Paso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Baldwin
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Beldenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Hatchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hatchville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hersey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Elmwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Wilson
(11 miles [17.7 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Viking. See our List of 1890's Communities around Viking.
Newspapers Published in Viking ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Viking.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Viking, 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 Viking.
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 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 Viking:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Pierce County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Pepin County
- Polk County
- Saint Croix County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue 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 Viking, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Viking) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |