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 Birnamwood (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 Birnamwood. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Birnamwood is primarily located in Shawano County. A portion of Birnamwood extends into Marathon 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.
Below are the counties that are near Birnamwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birnamwood:
- Shawano County (The home county of Birnamwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Eland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Aniwa
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Wittenberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Regina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Mattoon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Almon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Bowler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Tigerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Split Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Gresham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Leopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Middle Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Phlox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Antigo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Deerbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Bryant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Kempster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - White Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Gleason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Merrill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Dudley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Norrie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Hatley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Elderon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Sunset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Glandon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
- Glandon is located in Marathon County
- Galloway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Nutterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Schofield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Kronenwetter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Rothschild
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothschild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Evergreen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Wausau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Zoar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Neopit
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Keshena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Alban
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Polonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Torun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Ellis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Nelsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Big Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Granite City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Marion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Iola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Embarrass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birnamwood, see our County-by-County Page for Birnamwood.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Birnamwood ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birnamwood.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Birnamwood. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Birnamwood and those printed in the larger area surrounding Birnamwood.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Birnamwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Birnamwood:
- 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 Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lincoln County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
Cemeteries Near Birnamwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birnamwood.
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 Birnamwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Forest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Cemetery
- St. Philomene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philomene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philomene Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
- Eland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eland Cemetery
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bethany Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethany Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
- Leiskau Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leiskau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leiskau Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St. Paulus Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Rolling Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rolling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rolling Cemetery
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Forest Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Forest Home 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Birnamwood had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Birnamwood had a population of 772 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birnamwood, with the one closest to Birnamwood listed first.
- Norrie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Eland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Aniwa
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Hatley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Wittenberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Hogarty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Elmhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Regina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Pike Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Elderon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Whitcomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Phlox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bevent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Antigo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Callon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bevent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birnamwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birnamwood.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birnamwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shawano County: www.co.shawano.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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birnamwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birnamwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9318, Longitude: -89.2090 In this case, the coordinates for Birnamwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Birnamwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |