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 Wauzeka (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 Wauzeka. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Wauzeka is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Wauzeka. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wauzeka:
- Crawford County (The home county of Wauzeka)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Boydtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Steuben
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Eastman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Prairie du Chien
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Charme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Bell Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Mount Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Gays Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Ferryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Millville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Woodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Werley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Boscobel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Patch Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Mount Ida
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Fennimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Wyalusing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyalusing is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyalusing
- Bagley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Blue River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Cobb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Rewey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Westport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Balmoral
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Sabin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Fargo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Readstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Retreat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Liberty Pole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- West Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Purdy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Ion
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Dalby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Elon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Volney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Marquette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McGregor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Beulah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Watson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Garnavillo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guttenberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Farmersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Monona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Turkey River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Waupeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wauzeka, see our County-by-County Page for Wauzeka.
Cemeteries Near Wauzeka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wauzeka.
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 Wauzeka - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wauzeka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wauzeka Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rosendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gran Grae Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boydtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- German Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hermitage Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Posey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shanghai Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Casler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brechler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Wauzeka in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wauzeka.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wauzeka, with the one closest to Wauzeka listed first.
- Millville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Woodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Boydtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Steuben
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Werley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Eastman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Mount Ida
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Boscobel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Prairie du Chien
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Seneca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Charme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Fennimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wauzeka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wauzeka.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wauzeka ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wauzeka.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wauzeka. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wauzeka and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wauzeka.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Wauzeka.
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 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 Wauzeka:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque 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 Wauzeka, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wauzeka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |