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

Berlin is primarily located in Green Lake County. A portion of Berlin extends into Waushara 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 Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.

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

  • Green Lake County     (The home county of Berlin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Green Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Princeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Utley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Markesan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Marquette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Marquette is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Kingston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Friesland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Friesland is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Cambria
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Waupun
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
    • Randolph
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Randolph is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Atwater
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Neshkoro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Germania
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Montello
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Oak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Westfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Westfield is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Packwaukee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Medina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hortonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Blaine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Almond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Fremont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Gills Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Weyauwega
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
    • Rural
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • King
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Waupaca
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Baldwins Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Ostrander
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
    • Lohrville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Redgranite
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Poy Sippi
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pine River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Morris
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Saxeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Bloomfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Wautoma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Wild Rose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Coloma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Coloma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Hancock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hancock is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Winnebago County

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

Cemeteries Near Berlin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berlin.

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

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

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

  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Welsh Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bush Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sacramento Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Seventh-day Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Nepeuskun Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Krebs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Eureka Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fairburn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bluffton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (243 more) ...
    • Sheads Island Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Tom Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Berlin had a population of 4,149 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Berlin had a population of 5,383 people.

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

  • Eureka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Rush Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
  • Waukau
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Waukau is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
  • Rodney ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rodney is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
  • Ripon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Poy Sippi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pickett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Omro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Spring Lake is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
  • Princeton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Elo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Elo is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
  • Fisk
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Tustin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tustin is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tustin
    • Neshkoro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • West Rosendale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Berlin ...

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 Berlin.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Berlin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Berlin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Berlin.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of Berlin.

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 websites either 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 Berlin:

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 Berlin, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.