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 Bancroft (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 Bancroft. 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.
Bancroft is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Adams, Marathon, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Bancroft. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bancroft:
- Portage County (The home county of Bancroft)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Almond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Plover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Whiting
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Custer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Park Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Stevens Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Amherst Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Nelsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Ellis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Polonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Big Flats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Strongs Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Juneau County
- New Miner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- New Miner
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Ashley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Galloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Neshkoro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Cobb Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Sheridan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Scandinavia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Waupaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Iola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Ogdensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Weyauwega
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Hancock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Wild Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Coloma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Wautoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Mount Morris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Saxeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Silver Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Pine River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Lohrville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Redgranite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Poy Sippi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Lake Wazeecha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- 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
- Grand Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Biron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Wisconsin Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Port Edwards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Rudolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Nekoosa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Eight Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Milladore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Sherry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Blenker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Arpin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bancroft, see our County-by-County Page for Bancroft.
Newspapers Published in Bancroft ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bancroft.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bancroft, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bancroft.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bancroft:
- 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 Portage 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
- 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
- Marquette 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
- Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood 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 Portage County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Bancroft ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bancroft.
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 Bancroft covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Cemetery
- Spiritland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spiritland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spiritland Cemetery
- Guardian Angel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guardian Angel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guardian Angel Cemetery
- North Almond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Almond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Almond Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Plainfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88736 <3>
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Liberty Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Corners Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #416461 <3>
- Ray Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ray Cemetery
- East German Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East German Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buena Vista Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buena Vista Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Lombard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lombard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lombard Cemetery
- Buena Vista 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 Bancroft had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bancroft, with the one closest to Bancroft listed first.
- Keene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Almond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Meehan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Hancock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Fancher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Emily have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Custer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stockton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Stevens Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Wild Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Stockton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bancroft. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bancroft.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bancroft. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Portage County: www.co.portage.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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bancroft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bancroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3097, Longitude: -89.5137 In this case, the coordinates for Bancroft have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bancroft, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |