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 Bagley Junction (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 Bagley Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Bagley Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bagley Junction: Bagley Jct. (or less commonly used: Bagley Jctn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Bagley Junction is located in Marinette 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 Marinette County: Dickinson (MI), Menominee (MI), Florence, Forest & Oconto.
Below are the counties that are near Bagley Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bagley Junction:
- Marinette County (The home county of Bagley Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley Junction, with the one closest to Bagley Junction listed first.
- Rubys Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubys Corner
- Rubys Corner is located in Marinette County
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Peshtigo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Marinette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Crivitz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Sweetheart City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetheart City
- Sweetheart City is located in Marinette County
- Wausaukee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Cedarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Marinette County
- Athelstane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstane
- Athelstane is located in Marinette County
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley Junction, with the one closest to Bagley Junction listed first.
- Little Sturgeon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sturgeon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Egg Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Idlewild
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Sturgeon Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Ephraim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Brussels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jacksonport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
- Jacksonport is located in Door County
- Baileys Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
- Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
- Sister Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
- Sister Bay is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley Junction, with the one closest to Bagley Junction listed first.
- Oconto
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Pensaukee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Spruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Stiles Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stiles Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Oconto Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Hickory Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Frostville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Menominee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley Junction, with the one closest to Bagley Junction listed first.
- Kew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Menominee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Menominee is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,967 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menominee <2>
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Carbondale is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Wallace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Wallace is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
- Ingalls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Koss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koss
- Koss is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Longrie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longrie
- Longrie is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Kells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Stephenson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephenson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Stephenson is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephenson <2>
- Daggett
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Swanson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Banat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banat
- Banat is located in Menominee County (MI)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bagley Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Bagley Junction.
Newspapers Published in Bagley Junction ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bagley Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bagley Junction, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bagley Junction.
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 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 Bagley Junction:
- 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 Marinette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Door County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Door County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Marinette County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Marinette County
Cemeteries Near Bagley Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bagley Junction.
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 Bagley Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bagley Junction, with the one closest to Bagley Junction listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
- Peshtigo Fire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Peshtigo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Marinette County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- The Marinette County Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pineview Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marinette County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88403 <4>
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Menominee (MI).
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1501 <4>
- Forest Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Home Cemetery is located in Marinette.
- The Forest Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marinette Forest Home Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2286760 <4>
- Hebrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
- St. Mary's Mission Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary's Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Mission Cemetery
- Winesville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winesville Cemetery
- Glenwood Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Memorial Gardens
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Continue List (66 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Marinette.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87675 <4>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Birch Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birch Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birch Creek Cemetery
- Calvary 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.<5>
While we didn't find Bagley Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bagley Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bagley Junction, with the one closest to Bagley Junction listed first.
- Porterfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Porterfield is located in Marinette County
- Peshtigo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Marinette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Menominee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Menominee is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,967 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menominee <2>
- Birch Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek
- Birch Creek is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Carbondale is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Beaver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Pound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Wallace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Wallace is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
- Crivitz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Middle Inlet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Inlet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Inlet
- Middle Inlet is located in Marinette County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ingalls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Oconto
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingalls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bagley Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bagley Junction.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bagley Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marinette County: www.marinettecounty.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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bagley Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bagley Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1383, Longitude: -87.7512 In this case, the coordinates for Bagley Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bagley Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |