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 Wildwood (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 Wildwood. 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 doctors 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.
Wildwood is located in 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 Saint Croix County: Washington (MN), Barron, Dunn, Pierce & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Wildwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wildwood:
- Saint Croix County (The home county of Wildwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Hersey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Baldwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 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
- 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
- Glenwood City
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Erin Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
- Roberts
(14 miles [22.5 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
- New Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Deer Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Burkhardt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhardt
- Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Barron County
- Prairie Farm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood 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 Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Knapp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Downing
(13 miles [20.9 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
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Menomonie
(18 miles [29 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
- Eau Galle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Wheeler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Dunnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Tainter Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Falls City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Meridean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Colfax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Elk Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Durand
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Barry Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Ella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Stockholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stockholm is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Martell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- El Paso
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Elmwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Morton Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morton Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corner
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Beldenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Ellsworth
(13 miles [20.9 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
- River Falls
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moeville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moeville
- Trimbelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trimbelle is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimbelle
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Clear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Amery
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Horse Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Deronda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deronda is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deronda
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Dakota County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Hastings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nininger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nininger is located in Dakota County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nininger
- Goodhue County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Red Wing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frontenac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Washington County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Lake Saint Croix Beach
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Afton
(23 miles [37 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>
- Lakeland Shores
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Marys Point
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Park Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Elmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wildwood, see our County-by-County Page for Wildwood.
Cemeteries Near Wildwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wildwood.
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 Wildwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wildwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Brookville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilman Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. John Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rush River Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martell Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Martell Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Cemetery
- The Spring Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spring Lake English Cemetery
- Spring Lake Public Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2366389 <2>
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 in 1895, Wildwood had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
- Martell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martell is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martell
- Hersey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Baldwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 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
- El Paso
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- El Paso is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso
- Hatchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hatchville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
- 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
- Elmwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Knapp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Beldenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beldenville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beldenville
- Ellsworth
(13 miles [20.9 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wildwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wildwood.
Newspapers Published in Wildwood ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wildwood, 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 Wildwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wildwood:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Saint Croix County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Buffalo County
- Dunn County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Polk County
- Dakota County
- Goodhue 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 Wildwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Wildwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |