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 Jump River (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 Jump River. 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 Jump River ...
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 Jump River: Jump Riv.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Jump River is located in Taylor 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 Taylor County: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Price & Rusk.
Below are the counties that are near Jump River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jump River:
- Taylor County (The home county of Jump River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Gilman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Polley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Lublin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Medford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Rib Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Stetsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Cornell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Stanley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Drywood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Boyd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Eadsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Eidsvold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Thorp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Withee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Reseburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Owen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Kennan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Catawba
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Prentice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Phillips
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Sheldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Ingram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Glen Flora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Hawkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Conrath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Tony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Ladysmith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Port Arthur
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Apollonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Weyerhaeuser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Sawyer County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jump River, see our County-by-County Page for Jump River.
Newspapers Published in Jump River ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jump River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jump River, 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 Jump River.
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 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 Jump River:
- 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 Taylor County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Price County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sawyer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Taylor County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Jump River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jump River.
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 Jump River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- South Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Lawrence Cemetery
- Hannibal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannibal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannibal Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Donald Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donald Cemetery
- Ingram Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ingram Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingram Cemetery
- Glenview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenview Cemetery
- Swedish Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Perkinstown Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkinstown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkinstown Cemetery
- Tony Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tony Cemetery
- Continue List (73 more) ...
- Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Cemetery
- Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
- Meadowbrook Catholic 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>
While we didn't find Jump River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jump River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jump River, with the one closest to Jump River listed first.
- Perkinstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkinstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Kennan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Huron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Catawba
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Whittlesey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whittlesey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittlesey
- Whittlesey is located in Taylor County
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Westboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Medford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Drywood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Stanley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Eidsvold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Thorp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Lombard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Little Black
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Black have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Black
- Little Black is located in Taylor County
- Boyd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lombard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jump River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jump River.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jump River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Taylor County: www.taylor-county.com/
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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jump River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jump River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3532, Longitude: -90.8023 |
| <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 Jump River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |