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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 Bellinger (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 Bellinger. 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 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.

Bellinger is located in Taylor 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 Taylor County: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Price & Rusk.

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

  • Taylor County     (The home county of Bellinger)
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bellinger, with the one closest to Bellinger listed first.
    • Stanley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
    • Boyd
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
    • Estella
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cornell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
    • Drywood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cadott
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
    • Lake Wissota
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
    • Eagleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Chippewa Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bellinger, with the one closest to Bellinger listed first.
    • Eadsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Thorp
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Thorp is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
    • Eidsvold
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Reseburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Withee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Owen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtiss
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Atwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Dorchester is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
    • Willard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Abbotsford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Colby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Colby is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bellinger, with the one closest to Bellinger listed first.
    • Unity
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Unity is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
    • Milan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bellinger, with the one closest to Bellinger listed first.
    • Sheldon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sheldon is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Conrath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Conrath is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
    • Glen Flora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Ingram
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ingram is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Tony
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Tony is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Hawkins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hawkins is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
    • Ladysmith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Arthur
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Bellinger ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bellinger.

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

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Meadowbrook Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • St. Bernard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • East Thorp Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Hedwig Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eidsvold Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Hedwig Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Maplehurst Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (105 more) ...
    • Yellow River Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Side Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<1>

While we didn't find Bellinger in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bellinger.

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

  • Thorp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Thorp is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
  • Eidsvold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lombard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lombard is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
  • Huron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Huron is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
  • Stanley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
  • Withee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Perkinstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Boyd
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
  • Edson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Edson is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
  • Longwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Estella
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Drywood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cadott
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
    • Curtiss
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Medford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Bellinger ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bellinger.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bellinger, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bellinger.

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 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 Bellinger:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bellinger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bellinger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.