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 Woodman (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 Woodman. 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.
Woodman is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Woodman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodman:
- Grant County (The home county of Woodman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Boscobel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Werley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Millville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Fennimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Blue River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Patch Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Preston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stitzer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Bloomington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Lancaster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Boydtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Wauzeka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Steuben
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Eastman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Bell Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Gays Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Charme
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Prairie du Chien
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Soldiers Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Rewey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Edmund
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Linden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Westport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Balmoral
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Boaz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Richland Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Sabin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Sextonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Viola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Aubrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Gillingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Lone Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Readstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Fargo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty Pole
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Retreat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- West Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Ion
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Dalby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Waterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Rossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Volney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Volney is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Marquette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McGregor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Guttenberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garnavillo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Watson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Turkey River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- North Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Monona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Farmersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- Waupeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodman, see our County-by-County Page for Woodman.
Cemeteries Near Woodman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodman.
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 Woodman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Rosendale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boydtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brechler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wauzeka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Posey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Casler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Steele Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodman had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Woodman had a population of 129 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodman, with the one closest to Woodman listed first.
- Boydtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Werley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Boscobel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Steuben
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Millville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mount Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Fennimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Westport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Lancaster Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Eastman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blue River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Bell Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodman.
Newspapers Published in Woodman ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodman, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodman.
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 websites either 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 Woodman:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodman, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |