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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 Benet Lake (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 Benet Lake. 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 Benet Lake ...

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.

Another variation: Renet Lake.

  • A typical abbreviation for Benet Lake: Benet Lk.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Benet Lake is located in Kenosha 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 Kenosha County: Lake (IL), McHenry (IL), Racine & Walworth.

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

  • Kenosha County     (The home county of Benet Lake)
  • Milwaukee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Union Church
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Franklin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
    • Saint Martins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Oak Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Greendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Greendale is located in Milwaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,127 people
    • Hales Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hales Corners is located in Milwaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Corners
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,553 people
    • South Milwaukee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Racine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Union Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Union Grove is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
    • Bohners Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bohners Lake is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
    • Eagle Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Eagle Lake is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
    • Browns Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Browns Lake is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
    • Burlington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Burlington is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
    • Sturtevant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Yorkville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Yorkville is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
    • Mount Pleasant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
    • Elmwood Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Rochester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Waterford is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,618 people
    • Franksville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Franksville is located in Racine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
    • Honey Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Walworth County
  • Waukesha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Durham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Big Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Big Bend is located in Waukesha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
    • Muskego
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
    • Mukwonago
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mukwonago is located in Waukesha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mukwonago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,107 people
    • Tess Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Vernon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Vernon is located in Waukesha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Eagleville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cook County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Barrington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Capri Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Capri Village is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
    • Barrington Hills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
    • Inverness
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Palatine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Wheeling
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Arlington Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Plum Grove Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Prospect Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • South Barrington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • South Barrington is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
    • Winthrop Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Northbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Colonial Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Kane County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Carpentersville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • East Dundee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • West Dundee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Freeman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilberts
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Antioch
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Antioch is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,174 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antioch <1>
    • Lake Catherine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Catherine is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
    • Channel Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Channel Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
    • Lake Villa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fossland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fox Lake Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
    • Monaville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lindenhurst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lindenhurst is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,117 people
      • Lindenhurst has also been known as:
      • Lindenhurst village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindenhurst <1>
    • Millburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Lake Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Venetian Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Venetian Village is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Village
    • Old Mill Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • McHenry County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake listed first.
    • Pistakee Highlands
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
    • Spring Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Solon Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Johnsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lakemoor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakemoor is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemoor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,912 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakemoor <1>
    • Ringwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • McCullom Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
    • Holiday Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
    • McHenry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • McHenry is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,100 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McHenry <1>
    • Island Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Island Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
    • Wonder Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
      • Wonder Lake has also been known as:
      • Wonder Lake village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Benet Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Benet Lake.

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 Benet Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Benet Lake, with the one closest to Benet Lake 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.<2>

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

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

  • Antioch
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Antioch is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,174 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antioch <1>
  • Loon Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Loon Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
  • Grass Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grass Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
  • Salem Lakes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bristol
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Camp Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
  • Lake Villa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woodworth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Millburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosecrans
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rosecrans is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
  • Fox River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fox Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bassett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Bassett is located in Kenosha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
    • Spring Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rollins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Rollins is located in Lake County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins

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

Newspapers Published in Benet Lake ...

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 Benet Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Benet Lake, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Benet Lake.

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 helpful 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 Benet Lake:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Benet Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Benet Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.