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 Westport (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 Westport. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Westport is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Westport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westport:
- Richland County (The home county of Westport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Balmoral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Boaz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Sabin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Richland Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Sextonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sextonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Gillingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Aubrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Viola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Bloom City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Lone Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Neptune
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Bell Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- 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.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Steuben
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Gays Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Soldiers Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldiers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Wauzeka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Towerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- 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.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Eastman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Rising Sun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- 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.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Bridgeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Blue River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Boscobel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Muscoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Woodman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Fennimore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Mount Ida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Millville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Stitzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Montfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Mount Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Annaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Avoca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Centreville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centreville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Cobb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Edmund
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Rewey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Sandusky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Spring Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Lime Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Readstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Fargo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Liberty Pole
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- La Farge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Retreat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Viroqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Purdy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
- Harpers Ferry is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harpers Ferry <3>
- Waukon Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Marquette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Marquette is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marquette <3>
- McGregor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGregor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
- McGregor is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGregor <3>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westport, see our County-by-County Page for Westport.
Cemeteries Near Westport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westport.
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 Westport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Sand Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Coumbe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coumbe Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coumbe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Haskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haskins Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haskins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wayne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayne Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wayne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Blue River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steele Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steele Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Fork Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the northeast of Boaz.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2350091 <5>
- Tavera Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tavera Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tavera Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Mound Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Union Hill 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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Westport had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westport, with the one closest to Westport listed first.
- Blue River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Excelsior
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Byrds Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byrds Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds Creek
- Byrds Creek is located in Richland County
- Boscobel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Basswood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Richland County
- Balmoral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Muscoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Orion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Boaz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woodman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Bell Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- 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.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Steuben
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Woodman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westport.
Newspapers Published in Westport ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westport, 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 Westport.
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 Westport:
- 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 Richland 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
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa 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
- Vernon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Allamakee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clayton 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 Richland County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Richland County
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Westport: www.townofwestport.org/
The official website for Richland County: www.co.richland.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Westport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2050, Longitude: -90.6412 In this case, the coordinates for Westport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Westport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |