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 Plainfield (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 Plainfield. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Plainfield is located in Waushara 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 Waushara County: Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, Portage, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Plainfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plainfield:
- Waushara County (The home county of Plainfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Wild Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Coloma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Wautoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Mount Morris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Saxeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Pine River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Lohrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Redgranite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Poy Sippi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Big Flats
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Adams
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Arkdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Strongs Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Green Lake County
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton
- Juneau County
- New Miner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- New Miner
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Neshkoro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Germania
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Montello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Plover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Whiting
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Amherst Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Amherst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Custer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Park Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Nelsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Polonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Ellis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Cobb Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - King
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Sheridan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Waupaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Scandinavia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Iola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Weyauwega
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Ogdensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Gills Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Lake Wazeecha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wazeecha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Grand Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Biron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Wisconsin Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Port Edwards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Nekoosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Rudolph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Eight Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plainfield, see our County-by-County Page for Plainfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Plainfield ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Plainfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Plainfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Plainfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Plainfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Plainfield:
- 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 Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette 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
- 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
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waushara County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waushara County
Cemeteries Near Plainfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainfield.
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 Plainfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ray Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Plainfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88736 <3>
- Guardian Angel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guardian Angel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guardian Angel Cemetery
- Spiritland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spiritland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spiritland Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- 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
- North Deerfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Deerfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88555 <3>
- Oasis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oasis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oasis Cemetery
- Fish Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fish Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fish Lake Cemetery
- Lord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lord Cemetery
- East German Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East German Cemetery
- Continue List (157 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Cemetery
- Coloma - Leola Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coloma - Leola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coloma - Leola Cemetery
- St. Johns 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 Plainfield had a population of 459 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Plainfield had a population of 832 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Bancroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Keene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Coloma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Wild Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Richford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilot Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Dakota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Mount Morris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Arnott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Meehan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Saxeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Rural
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Meehan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plainfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainfield.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plainfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Waushara County: www.1waushara.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plainfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plainfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2141, Longitude: -89.4943 In this case, the coordinates for Plainfield 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 Plainfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |