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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 Lake Nebagamon (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 Lake Nebagamon. 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 Lake Nebagamon ...

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 Lake Nebagamon: Lk. Nebagamon

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 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.

Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.

Below are the counties that are near Lake Nebagamon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Nebagamon:

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Lake Nebagamon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Nebagamon, with the one closest to Lake Nebagamon listed first.
    • Poplar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Poplar is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Hawthorne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
      • Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Bennett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
      • Bennett is located in Douglas County
    • Sauntry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
      • Sauntry is located in Douglas County
    • Cloverland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
      • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
    • Solon Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
      • Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
    • South Range
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
      • South Range is located in Douglas County
    • Saunders
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
      • Saunders is located in Douglas County
    • Superior Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
      • Superior Village is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
    • Superior
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
      • Superior is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
    • Oliver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
      • Oliver is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
    • Moose Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
      • Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
  • Bayfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Nebagamon, with the one closest to Lake Nebagamon listed first.
    • Delta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Delta is located in Bayfield County
    • Sutherland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
      • Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
    • Benoit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
      • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
    • Moquah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
      • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
    • Mason
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Bayfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Washburn County
    • Minong
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minong have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
      • Minong is located in Washburn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
  • Lake County (MN)
    • Knife River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
      • Knife River is located in Lake County (MN)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knife River <2>
  • Saint Louis County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Nebagamon, with the one closest to Lake Nebagamon listed first.
    • Duluth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
      • Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <2>
    • Gary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
      • Gary is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
    • New Duluth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
      • New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
    • Proctor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Proctor is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Nebagamon, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Nebagamon.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lake Nebagamon ...

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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Nebagamon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lake Nebagamon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lake Nebagamon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lake Nebagamon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Lake Nebagamon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Lake Nebagamon:

Cemeteries Near Lake Nebagamon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Nebagamon.

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 Lake Nebagamon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Nebagamon, with the one closest to Lake Nebagamon listed first.

  • Blueberry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blueberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blueberry Cemetery
  • Highland Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memorial Cemetery
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Ridge Cemetery
  • Poplar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
  • Parkview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parkview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkview Cemetery
  • Ever Rest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ever Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ever Rest Cemetery
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
  • Pine Glade Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Glade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Glade Cemetery
  • Oulu Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oulu Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oulu Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Rest Haven Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Cemetery
    • City Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City 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.<5>

While we didn't find Lake Nebagamon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Nebagamon.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Nebagamon, with the one closest to Lake Nebagamon listed first.

  • Maple
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
    • Maple is located in Douglas County
  • Blueberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blueberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry
    • Blueberry is located in Douglas County
  • Brule
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brule have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Brule is located in Douglas County
  • Poplar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
  • Hawthorne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
    • Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Sauntry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
    • Sauntry is located in Douglas County
  • Muskeg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muskeg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
    • Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
  • Iron River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
    • Iron River is located in Bayfield County
  • Cutter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
    • Cutter is located in Douglas County
  • South Range
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
    • South Range is located in Douglas County
  • Topside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
    • Topside is located in Bayfield County
  • Itasca
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Itasca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itasca
    • Itasca is located in Douglas County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pike River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
      • Pike River is located in Bayfield County
    • Boylston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boylston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
      • Boylston is located in Douglas County
    • South Superior
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Superior
      • South Superior is located in Douglas County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Nebagamon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Nebagamon.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Nebagamon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Douglas County: www.douglascountywi.org/

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Nebagamon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Nebagamon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5077, Longitude: -91.6946       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Nebagamon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Lake Nebagamon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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