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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 Baldwins Mill (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 Baldwins Mill. 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 Baldwins Mill ...

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 occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Baldwins Mill: Baldwins Ml. (or less commonly used: Baldwins Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Baldwins Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Baldwins Mill may originally have been Baldwin's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Baldwins Mill might be written as Baldwin Mill.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.

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

  • Waupaca County     (The home county of Baldwins Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldwins Mill, with the one closest to Baldwins Mill listed first.
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Weyauwega
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
    • Manawa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • Ogdensburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Ostrander
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Waupaca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Gills Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • King
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • New London
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Scandinavia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
    • Rural
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Lake County
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldwins Mill, with the one closest to Baldwins Mill listed first.
    • Galloway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Elderon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldwins Mill, with the one closest to Baldwins Mill listed first.
    • Bear Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Hortonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Medina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shiocton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Greenville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Leeman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Nichols
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Appleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Apple Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Portage County
  • Shawano County
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldwins Mill, with the one closest to Baldwins Mill listed first.
    • West Bloomfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Saxeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine River
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Poy Sippi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Wild Rose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Morris
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Redgranite
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lohrville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Silver Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Wautoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Plainfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
  • Winnebago County

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

Cemeteries Near Baldwins Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldwins Mill.

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 Baldwins Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Baldwins Mill had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Royalton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Royalton is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
  • Manawa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Ogdensburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Waupaca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Ostrander
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gills Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatton ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hatton is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Northport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Northport is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
  • Fremont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Symco
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Symco is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
  • Rural
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • New London
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Nowell ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Nowell is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
    • Scandinavia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people

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

Newspapers Published in Baldwins Mill ...

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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwins Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldwins Mill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baldwins Mill.

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 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 Baldwins Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>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.
<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 Baldwins Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baldwins Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.