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 Callon (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 Callon. 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 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.
Callon is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Callon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Callon:
- Marathon County (The home county of Callon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Weston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Rothschild
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothschild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Schofield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Kronenwetter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Nutterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Sunset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Wausau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Rib Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rib Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain
- Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
- Brokaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Mosinee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Norrie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Antigo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Phlox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Deerbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Merrill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Gleason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Dudley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Menominee County
- Zoar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Zoar
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Torun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Alban
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Ellis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Polonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Park Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Stevens Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Custer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Whiting
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Nelsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Birnamwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birnamwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Eland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Aniwa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Wittenberg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Mattoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Regina
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Tigerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Almon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Bowler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Split Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Big Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Falls
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Milladore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Blenker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Sherry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Callon, see our County-by-County Page for Callon.
Newspapers Published in Callon ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Callon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Callon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Callon.
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 Callon:
- 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 Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lincoln 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
- Portage 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
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Marathon County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Callon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Callon.
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 Callon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Forestville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forestville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forestville Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Hebrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
- Mechanic Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mechanic Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mechanic Ridge Cemetery
- Our Saviors Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Saviors Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Saviors Cemetery
- Peacefull Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peacefull Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peacefull Rest Cemetery
- Zions Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zions Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zions Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
- Mosinee Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mosinee Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88470 <3>
- Continue List (96 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89150 <3>
- St. Francis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- St. Paul 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Callon had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Callon, with the one closest to Callon listed first.
- Wausau Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wausau Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau Junction
- Wausau Junction is located in Marathon County
- Schofield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Nutterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Wausau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Hatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Pike Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Bevent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Mosinee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Norrie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Hogarty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Elderon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Eland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Birnamwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birnamwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Taegesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taegesville
- Taegesville is located in Marathon County
- Knowlton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birnamwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Callon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Callon.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Callon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marathon County: www.co.marathon.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- Callon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Callon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8977, Longitude: -89.5048 In this case, the coordinates for Callon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Callon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |