Thanks, Rollie. I will all three of your helpful tips. I had concluded there never was a town by this name also, as my very old Encyclopedia maps have been right about most other old towns. Arlis ----- Original Message ----- From: Rollie Littlewood <rklittle@facstaff.wisc.edu> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [GenWisconsin] Stewardville, WI ??? > At 06:35 AM 7/30/00 -0700, Arlis Anderson Renfro > <arenfro@worldaccessnet.com> wrote: > >...I have looked at old maps, the GNIS site, and cannot locate a place > called Stewardville. This info from old family history - do I have the > correct spelling? Would anyone like to make a guess where it is and > what county?... > > Using "Wisconsin Its Counties, Townships & Villages" (published in > 1994 by Origins) as a guide, I conclude there never was a place by this > name in Wisconsin (unless it was a local colloquial name, based on the > name of a nearby church, farm, etc.). The closest name which appears in > this book is Stewart, in Green County. > > Using some wildcards with GNIS, I find some "close" names in some > neighboring states: Stewardsville, McDonough Co., IL and Stewartville, > Olmsted Co., MN. > > > Rollie > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > >