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 Wanderoos (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 Wanderoos. 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 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.
Wanderoos is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Chisago (MN), Washington (MN), Barron, Burnett, Dunn & Saint Croix.
Below are the counties that are near Wanderoos. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wanderoos:
- Polk County (The home county of Wanderoos)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Deronda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Horse Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Amery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Dresser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dresser is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Saint Croix Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Osceola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Balsam Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Centuria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Clear Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Bunyan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Milltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Turtle Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Twin Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Almena
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Prairie Farm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Poskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Hillsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Downing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Boyceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Ridgeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Saint Croix County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Star Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Deer Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- New Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
- Somerset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
- Erin Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Burkhardt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Roberts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
- Hammond
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Glenwood City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- North Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,168 people
- Anoka County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- City of Columbus is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Columbus
- Estimated population in 2015: 4,007 people
- Lino Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Anoka County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Chisago County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Franconia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Taylors Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shafer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Almelund
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lindstrom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chisago City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stacy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stacy is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stacy <1>
- Wyoming
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Branch is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- North Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- White Bear Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- White Bear Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Otisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
- Marine-on-Saint-Croix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scandia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Withrow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Withrow is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
- Bayport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Junction is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
- Hugo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hugo is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
- Dellwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dellwood is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Lakeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wanderoos, see our County-by-County Page for Wanderoos.
Cemeteries Near Wanderoos ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wanderoos.
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 Wanderoos - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wanderoos covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- El Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wagon Landing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Volga Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Volga Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Amery.
- The Volga Cemetery has also been known as:
- Traveler's Rest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1361634 <2>
- Apple River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Centuria.
- The Fristad Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fristad Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87987 <2>
- Balsam Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Croix Falls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Ramsey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Wanderoos in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wanderoos.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wanderoos, with the one closest to Wanderoos listed first.
- Deronda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Little Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Nye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nye is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
- Amery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Volga is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
- Star Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Stanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stanton is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Deer Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Saint Croix Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- East Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Farmington is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmington
- Balsam Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Taylors Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Franconia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia is located in Chisago County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
- Clear Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Otisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Otisville is located in Washington County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wanderoos. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wanderoos.
Newspapers Published in Wanderoos ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wanderoos.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wanderoos, 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 Wanderoos.
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 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 Wanderoos:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Dunn County
- Saint Croix County
- Anoka County
- Chisago County
- Ramsey 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wanderoos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Wanderoos, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |