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 Babcock (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 Babcock. 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 and 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.
Babcock is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon & Portage.
Below are the counties that are near Babcock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Babcock:
- Wood County (The home county of Babcock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- Pittsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Nekoosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Port Edwards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Eight Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Grand Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Rapids. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Arpin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Lake Wazeecha
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- 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
- Biron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Lindsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Rudolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Strongs Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Big Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Leola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Friendship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Adams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Granton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Neillsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Veefkind
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lynxville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- City Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Lapham Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapham Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Pray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- New Miner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Sprague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Mather
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Necedah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Camp Douglas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Hustler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- McMillan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Rozellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- Shennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Valley Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Warrens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Wyeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Tomah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Tunnel City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- Junction City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Plover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Stevens Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Whiting
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Babcock, see our County-by-County Page for Babcock.
Cemeteries Near Babcock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Babcock.
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 Babcock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- Babcock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babcock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Babcock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Meadow Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Novotny Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Novotny Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Novotny Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village of Port Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mound Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mound Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joachims Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joachims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266484 <3>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (111 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Searles Prairie Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Searles Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Searles Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion 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 in 1895, Babcock had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Babcock, with the one closest to Babcock listed first.
- Meadow Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
- Veedum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Walker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Pittsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Sprague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - City Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Port Edwards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Mather
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Vesper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Monroe Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Monroe Center is located in Adams County
- Spaulding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Norway Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Ridge
- Norway Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Strongs Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Nevins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Norway Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Babcock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Babcock.
Newspapers Published in Babcock ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Babcock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Babcock, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Babcock.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Babcock:
- 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 Wood 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
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson 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
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe 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
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Wood County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Wood County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Babcock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wood County: www.co.wood.wi.us/
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> | 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 Babcock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Babcock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Babcock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3016, Longitude: -90.1112 In this case, the coordinates for Babcock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |