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 Birchwood (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 Birchwood. 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.
Birchwood is located in Washburn County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washburn County: Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Rusk & Sawyer.
Below are the counties that are near Birchwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birchwood:
- Washburn County (The home county of Birchwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchwood, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Nobleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Madge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Shell Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Earl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Spooner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchwood, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Haugen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Rice Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Barron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Chetek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Cumberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Poskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Almena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Dallas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Twin Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett County
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchwood, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Strickland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Weyerhaeuser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Apollonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Bruce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Port Arthur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Ladysmith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Tony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birchwood, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Stone Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Exeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Couderay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Radisson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Reserve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Chief Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chief Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Little Round Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Hayward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - New Post
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Phipps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Winter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birchwood, see our County-by-County Page for Birchwood.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Birchwood ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birchwood.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Birchwood. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Birchwood and those printed in the larger area surrounding Birchwood.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> of Birchwood.
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 Birchwood:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Washburn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Burnett County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sawyer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Barron County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Washburn County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Birchwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birchwood.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birchwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birchwood, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89566 <3>
- Cedar Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Lake Cemetery
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
- Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bohemian National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bohemian National Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Nora Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nora Cemetery
- Sarona Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sarona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sarona Cemetery
- Wiesner Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiesner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiesner Cemetery
- Orchard Beach Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Beach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orchard Beach Cemetery
- Pioneer Rest Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Rest Cemetery
- Blue Hills Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Hills Cemetery
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Assumption Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Assumption Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
- Polish Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polish Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Birchwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birchwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birchwood, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Nobleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Haugen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Rice Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Lehigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Reserve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Shell Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Spooner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Barronett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Barron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Cumberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Chetek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Hayward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Bashaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chetek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birchwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birchwood.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birchwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washburn County: www.co.washburn.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birchwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birchwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6572, Longitude: -91.5524 In this case, the coordinates for Birchwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Birchwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |