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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 Antigo (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 Antigo. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Antigo is located in Langlade County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Langlade County: Forest, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida & Shawano.

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

  • Langlade County     (The home county of Antigo)
  • Forest County
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antigo, with the one closest to Antigo listed first.
    • Dudley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gleason
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Merrill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
    • Harrison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jeffris
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
    • Irma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antigo, with the one closest to Antigo listed first.
    • Glandon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Norrie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Norrie is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Hatley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Nutterville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ringle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pike Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Elderon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Weston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Weston is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
    • Brokaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brokaw is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
      • Estimated population in 2018: 245 people
    • Wausau
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Schofield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Schofield is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
    • Rothschild
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antigo, with the one closest to Antigo listed first.
    • Zoar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Neopit
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
  • Oconto County
  • Oneida County
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antigo, with the one closest to Antigo listed first.
    • Aniwa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Mattoon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mattoon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Birnamwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Almon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Eland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Regina
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bowler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bowler is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Wittenberg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Middle Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Middle Village is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
    • Gresham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tigerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Leopolis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Split Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Antigo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antigo.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Antigo - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antigo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Antigo had a population of 4,424 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Antigo had a population of 7,719 people.

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

  • Elmhurst
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Elmhurst is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
  • Deerbrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bryant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Aniwa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Phlox
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hogarty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hogarty is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogarty
  • Kempster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Elton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Elton is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Koepenick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Koepenick is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
  • Birnamwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Summit Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
  • Norrie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Norrie is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Antigo ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antigo.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Antigo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Antigo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Antigo.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of Antigo.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Antigo:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Antigo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Antigo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.