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 Bellevue Town (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 Bellevue Town. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Bellevue Town is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Bellevue Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bellevue Town:
- Brown County (The home county of Bellevue Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Preble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Bellevue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Allouez
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Green Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Glenmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- De Pere
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Ashwaubenon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Bay Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Sugar Bush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Wequiock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Duck Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Dundas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Forest Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Brillion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Kaukauna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Saint John
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Potter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Hilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Harrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Brant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Rosiere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Namur
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Forestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Pilsen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Curran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Curran is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Ellisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Luxemburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Stangelville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Bolt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Krok
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Krok is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
- Casco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Duvall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Euren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Kewaunee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Gregorville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Algoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Maribel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Rosecrans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Zander
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zander is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
- Menchalville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Menchalville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menchalville
- Kellnersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kellnersville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellnersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Larrabee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Melnik
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Tisch Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Taus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Taus is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taus
- Fisherville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Reifs Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reifs Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reifs Mills
- Francis Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Chase
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Pensaukee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Krakow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Stiles Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Oconto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Oconto Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Chicago Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Freedom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Seymour
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Little Chute
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Apple Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Combined Locks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Kimberly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Black Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Appleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Nichols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Leeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shiocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Laney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Rose Lawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Frazer Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Briarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Zachow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Bonduel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Winnebago County
- Menasha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bellevue Town, see our County-by-County Page for Bellevue Town.
Cemeteries Near Bellevue Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bellevue Town.
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 Bellevue Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bellevue Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Bellevue Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allouez Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Polish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Humboldt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nicolet Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Kilian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Bellevue Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bellevue Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bellevue Town, with the one closest to Bellevue Town listed first.
- Kolb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kolb is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolb
- Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Green Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Glenmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- De Pere
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Bay Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Henrysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Henrysville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
- New Franken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Franken is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franken
- Wequiock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Duck Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Cormier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cormier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormier
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Little Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rapids is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Fontenoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bellevue Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bellevue Town.
Newspapers Published in Bellevue Town ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bellevue Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bellevue Town, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bellevue Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bellevue Town:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Manitowoc County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bellevue Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bellevue Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |