Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Williamsburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Williamsburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Williamsburg, please Contact Us.
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 Williamsburg (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 Williamsburg. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Williamsburg is historic, it would have been located within present day Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau County: Winona (MN), Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson & La Crosse.
Below are the counties that are near Williamsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamsburg:
- Trempealeau County (The home county of Williamsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- New City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Russell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Coral City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Ettrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Frenchville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Pigeon Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Strum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Galesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Wrights Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Wrights Corners is located in Trempealeau County
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Montana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Lookout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Waumandee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Gilmanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Marshland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Fountain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountain City is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Bluff Siding
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Siding
- Bluff Siding is located in Buffalo County
- Cochrane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
- Cochrane is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Mondovi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Springdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Buffalo City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Alma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Dunn County
- Rock Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Rock Falls
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Allen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Hay Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Augusta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - York
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Sechlerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sechlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Hixton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- North Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- North Bend is located in Jackson County
- Requa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Melrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Alma Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Black River Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Holmen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Mindoro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindoro
- Mindoro is located in La Crosse County
- Brice Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brice Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Prairie
- Brice Prairie is located in La Crosse County
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Minneiska
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneiska
- Minneiska is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minneiska <4>
- Weaver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Weaver is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Kellogg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Kellogg is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <4>
- Wabasha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabasha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabasha
- Wabasha is located in Wabasha County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wabasha <4>
- Winona County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Minnesota City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesota City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota City
- Minnesota City is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minnesota City <4>
- Winona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Winona is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,545 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
- Lamoille
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Winona County (MN)
- Goodview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Rollingstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollingstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingstone
- Rollingstone is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rollingstone <4>
- Stockton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Dakota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Nodine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodine
- Nodine is located in Winona County (MN)
- Altura
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altura have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Altura is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altura <4>
- Beaver ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Beaver is located in Winona County (MN)
- Lewiston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewiston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Lewiston is located in Winona County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,543 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <4>
- Wyattville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyattville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyattville
- Wyattville is located in Winona County (MN)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williamsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Williamsburg.
Newspapers Published in Williamsburg ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williamsburg, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williamsburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Williamsburg:
- 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 Trempealeau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dunn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eau Claire County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- La Crosse County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wabasha County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winona County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Buffalo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Trempealeau County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Trempealeau County
Cemeteries Near Williamsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamsburg.
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 Williamsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
- Arcadia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arcadia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arcadia Cemetery
- Tinnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinnes Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Glencoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glencoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glencoe Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Cripps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cripps Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cripps Cemetery
- Lower Montana Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Montana Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Montana Ridge Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
- Cortland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cortland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cortland Cemetery
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Upper Montana Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Montana Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Montana Ridge Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Cemetery
- Old Whitehall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Whitehall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Whitehall Cemetery
- Upper Montana Ridge 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.
While we didn't find Williamsburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Williamsburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Glencoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Russell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Cortland ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Elk Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Montana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Lookout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Waumandee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Bohri ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Frenchville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Frenchville is located in Trempealeau County
- Ettrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williamsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamsburg.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Trempealeau County: www.tremplocounty.com/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Williamsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williamsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3139, Longitude: -91.4610 In this case, the coordinates for Williamsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |