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 Auroraville (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 Auroraville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Auroraville 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 Auroraville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Auroraville:
- Waushara County (The home county of Auroraville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Poy Sippi
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Redgranite
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- 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
- Lohrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Pine River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Mount Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Morris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Silver Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- 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
- Wautoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Wild Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Coloma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Ripon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Metomen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - West Rosendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Fairwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Rosendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Brandon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Eldorado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Ladoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Woodhull
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - North Fond du Lac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Fond du Lac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Green Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Princeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Marquette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Utley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Markesan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Neshkoro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Germania
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Montello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Glen Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Packwaukee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Hortonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Blaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Almond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Weyauwega
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Rural
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - King
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Waupaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Baldwins Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwins Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Ostrander
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Cobb Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Sheridan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- New London
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Omro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Orihula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Winneconne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winneconne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Harbor Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harbor Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Reighmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Zittau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Pickett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Fisk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Fitzgerald
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fitzgerald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Allenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Oshkosh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Medina Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Medina Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Auroraville, see our County-by-County Page for Auroraville.
Cemeteries Near Auroraville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Auroraville.
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 Auroraville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- 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.
- Welsh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Welsh Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Welsh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sheads Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheads Island Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheads Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Poy Sippi Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poy Sippi Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poy Sippi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fairburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairburn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairburn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sacramento Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacramento Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacramento Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Burdick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burdick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burdick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Pine River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bush Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bush Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Eureka Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eureka Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eureka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine River 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 Auroraville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Auroraville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Auroraville, with the one closest to Auroraville listed first.
- Poy Sippi
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Spring Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Spring Lake is located in Waushara County
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Brushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Brushville is located in Waushara County
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Pine River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Tustin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Mount Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Morris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Rush Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Waukau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Neshkoro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Omro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- West Bloomfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Auroraville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Auroraville.
Newspapers Published in Auroraville ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Auroraville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Auroraville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Auroraville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Auroraville:
- 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
- Fond du Lac 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
- Marquette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie 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
- Winnebago County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fond du Lac 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
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Auroraville. 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Auroraville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Auroraville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Auroraville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0519, Longitude: -88.9926 In this case, the coordinates for Auroraville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |