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 Black Creek (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 Black Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Black Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Black Creek: Black Crk. (or less commonly used: Black Ck. or Black Cr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and 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.
Black Creek is located in Outagamie 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 Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Black Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Creek:
- Outagamie County (The home county of Black Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Nichols
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Shiocton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Leeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Chicago Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Apple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Hortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Appleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Bear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Oneida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Pittsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Hobart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Wrightstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Ashwaubenon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- De Pere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Duck Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duck Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Howard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Flintville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Greenleaf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Allouez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Kaukauna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Dundas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Sherwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Forest Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Saint John
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Brillion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Hilbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Stockbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Brant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Potter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Keshena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Briarton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Frazer Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Lunds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Slab City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Bonduel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Zachow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Shawano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Cecil
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Pulcifer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Leopolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Gresham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Clintonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Ostrander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Manawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Gills Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Fremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Weyauwega
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Granite City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Ogdensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Fox Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Menasha
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Medina Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Neenah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Adella Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adella Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Zittau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Allenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Orihula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Winneconne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winneconne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Harbor Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Reighmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Black Creek.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Black Creek ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Creek.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Black Creek. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Black Creek and those printed in the larger area surrounding Black Creek.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> of Black Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Black Creek:
- 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 Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Calumet County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Outagamie County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Black Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Creek.
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 Black Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Sassman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sassman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sassman Cemetery
- Black Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Creek Cemetery
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Binghamton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Binghamton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Binghamton Cemetery
- Black Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Creek Cemetery
- St. Petri Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- The St. Petri Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Old St. Peters Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Petri Cemetery
- South Cicero Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Cicero Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Cicero Cemetery
- Freedom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freedom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freedom Cemetery
- Bovina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bovina Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bovina Cemetery
- Rexford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rexford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rexford Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John the Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Evangelist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelist Cemetery
- Seymour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seymour Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seymour Cemetery
- South Maine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Maine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Maine Cemetery
- Evangelist 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Black Creek had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Black Creek had a population of 1,309 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Binghamton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Binghamton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
- Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
- Shiocton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Briarton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Leeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Stephensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephensville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensville
- Stephensville is located in Outagamie County
- Mackville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Apple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Rose Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Oneida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Appleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Little Chute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Laney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Bear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Little Chute
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Black Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Outagamie County: www.co.outagamie.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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- Black Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4744, Longitude: -88.4501 In this case, the coordinates for Black Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Black Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |