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 Bear Creek Corners (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 Bear Creek Corners. 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 Bear Creek Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bear Creek Corners: Bear Crk. Cors. (or less commonly used: Bear Ck. Cors. or Bear Cr. Cors.)
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 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.
Bear Creek Corners 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 Bear Creek Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bear Creek Corners:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Bear Creek Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- New London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Manawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Ostrander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Big Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Baldwins Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Ogdensburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Weyauwega
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Pittsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Hobart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Sniderville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Calumet County
- Kaukauna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Galloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- 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
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Keshena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Oconto County
- Krakow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Bear Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Leeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shiocton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Nichols
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Hortonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Black Creek
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Medina
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Seymour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Apple Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Chicago Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Alban
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Amherst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Nelsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Rosholt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Belle Plaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Pella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Lunds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Briarton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Leopolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Shawano
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Split Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Slab City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Rose Lawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Frazer Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Tigerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Medina Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Zittau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Orihula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Fox Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Menasha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Allenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Winneconne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Adella Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bear Creek Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Bear Creek Corners.
Cemeteries Near Bear Creek Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bear Creek Corners.
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 Bear Creek Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bear Creek Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ruckdashel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Danish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Townline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Restland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graceland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Danish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bear Creek Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bear Creek Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bear Creek Corners, with the one closest to Bear Creek Corners listed first.
- Bear Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Sugar Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Marble ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Symco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Northport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Manawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Royalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- New London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Leeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Buckbee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
- Embarrass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bear Creek Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bear Creek Corners.
Newspapers Published in Bear Creek Corners ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bear Creek Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bear Creek Corners, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bear Creek Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bear Creek Corners:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Bear Creek Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bear Creek Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |