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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 Arcade Acres (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 Arcade Acres. 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 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.

Arcade Acres is located in Fond du Lac County.

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 Fond du Lac County: Calumet, Dodge, Green Lake, Sheboygan, Washington & Winnebago.

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

  • Fond du Lac County     (The home county of Arcade Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Ripon
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
    • Metomen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
    • West Rosendale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
    • Fairwater
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Brandon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
    • Rosendale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
    • Eldorado
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
    • Ladoga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
    • Woodhull
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
    • North Fond du Lac
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
    • Oakfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
    • Fond du Lac
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Brothertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Brothertown is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
    • Quinney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Quinney is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Friesland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Friesland is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Cambria
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cambria is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Waupun
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Waupun is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
    • Fox Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
    • Atwater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Atwater is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
    • Randolph
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Randolph is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Burnett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Burnett is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
    • Brownsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Knowles
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Knowles is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
    • Beaver Dam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
    • Kekoskee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
    • Lomira
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lomira is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
    • Minnesota Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
    • Mayville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mayville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Green Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Berlin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
    • Utley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Utley is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
    • Markesan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Princeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Princeton is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
    • Marquette
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Marquette is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Kingston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingston is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Neshkoro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Germania
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Germania is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
    • Montello
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Montello is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
    • Glen Oak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
    • Packwaukee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
  • Outagamie County
    • Medina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Medina is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Fremont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Fremont is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
    • Gills Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Redgranite
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
    • Lohrville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Poy Sippi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
    • Pine River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine River is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Silver Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Mount Morris
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
    • West Bloomfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Saxeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Saxeville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
    • Wautoma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Wild Rose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
  • Winnebago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcade Acres, with the one closest to Arcade Acres listed first.
    • Pickett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pickett is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
    • Fisk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fisk is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
    • Omro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Omro is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
    • Fitzgerald
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
    • Reighmoor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
    • Harbor Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
    • Black Wolf
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
    • Oshkosh
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
    • Stony Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
    • Winneconne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
    • Point Comfort
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
    • Allenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Allenville is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville

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

Cemeteries Near Arcade Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arcade Acres.

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 Arcade Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Loper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Swatz Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Dartford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Reeds Corners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Krebs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bluffton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Green Lake Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bush Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nepeuskun Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (256 more) ...
    • Seventh-day Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairwater Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Round Prairie Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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.<1>

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

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

  • Ripon
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
  • Rush Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
  • Fairwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • West Rosendale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
  • Pickett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pickett is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
  • Berlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
  • Utley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Utley is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
  • Brandon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
  • Elo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elo is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
  • Rosendale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
  • Waukau
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Waukau is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
  • Eureka
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Eureka is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Markesan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Ring
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ring is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
    • Fisk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fisk is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk

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

Newspapers Published in Arcade Acres ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arcade Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arcade Acres, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arcade Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Arcade Acres:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Arcade Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Arcade Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.