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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 West Lima (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 West Lima. 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.
Name Variations for West Lima ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Lima: W. Lima
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
West Lima is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near West Lima. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Lima:
- Richland County (The home county of West Lima)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Bloom City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Yuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Sabin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Gillingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Hub City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Boaz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Cazenovia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Richland Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Ithaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Aubrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Towerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Gays Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Bell Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Rising Sun
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Freeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Blue River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Muscoda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Boscobel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Iowa County
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Union Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Elroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hustler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Mauston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Camp Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Lemonweir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Middle Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Kendall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Cashton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Norwalk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Melvina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melvina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Oakdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Tomah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Sparta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Ironton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Lime Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- La Valle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Sandusky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Loganville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Reedsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Rock Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Plain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- La Farge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- White City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mount Tabor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Trippville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Readstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Westby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Viroqua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Newry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newry is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newry
- Liberty Pole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Fargo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Lima, see our County-by-County Page for West Lima.
Cemeteries Near West Lima ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Lima.
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 West Lima - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Lima covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Newburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Booher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Czechs National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Pine River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bender Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bender Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Viola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136070 <1>
- Ash Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloom City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jug Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- White City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that West Lima had a population of 182 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Lima, with the one closest to West Lima listed first.
- Bloom City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Yuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- La Farge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Henrietta ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Rockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Sabin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Sylvan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Gillingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rockbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbridge is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Hub City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Sugar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Lima. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Lima.
Newspapers Published in West Lima ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Lima.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Lima, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Lima.
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 West Lima:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- West Lima) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 West Lima, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |