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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 Bashaw (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 Bashaw. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Bashaw is located in Burnett 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 Burnett County: Chisago (MN), Pine (MN), Barron, Douglas, Polk & Washburn.

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

  • Burnett County     (The home county of Bashaw)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bashaw, with the one closest to Bashaw listed first.
    • Hertel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Siren
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Webb Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Webster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Webster is located in Burnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
    • Alpha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Grantsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Barron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bashaw, with the one closest to Bashaw listed first.
    • Cumberland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Cumberland is located in Barron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
    • Haugen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Haugen is located in Barron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Almena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Almena is located in Barron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
    • Rice Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
    • Poskin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Turtle Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Barron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Twin Town is located in Barron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
    • Cameron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cameron is located in Barron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bashaw, with the one closest to Bashaw listed first.
    • Clam Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Frederic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Frederic is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • Luck
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Luck is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
    • Bunyan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Milltown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Milltown is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
    • Atlas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Balsam Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
  • Sawyer County
  • Washburn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bashaw, with the one closest to Bashaw listed first.
    • Shell Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spooner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Madge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Earl
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nobleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Birchwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
    • Minong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Minong is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
  • Pine County (MN)

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

Cemeteries Near Bashaw ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bashaw.

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 Bashaw - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bashaw, with the one closest to Bashaw 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, Bashaw had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Shell Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Barronett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Barronett is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
  • Spooner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Clam Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cumberland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cumberland is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
  • Haugen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Haugen is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
  • Nobleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Comstock
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Comstock is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
  • Bunyan
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Almena
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Almena is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Rice Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
  • West Denmark
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Denmark is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Minong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Minong is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Trade Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Trade Lake is located in Burnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
    • Turtle Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Bashaw ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bashaw.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bashaw, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bashaw.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Bashaw:

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Bashaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bashaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.