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 Black Creek (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 Black Creek. 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 Black Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Black Creek: Black Crk. (or less commonly used: Black Ck. or Black Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Black Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Creek.
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 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.
Black Creek is located in Outagamie 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 Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Black Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Creek:
- Outagamie County (The home county of Black Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Nichols
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Shiocton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Leeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Chicago Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Apple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Appleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Bear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Oneida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Pittsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Hobart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Sniderville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Wrightstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Ashwaubenon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- De Pere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Duck Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Howard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Flintville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Greenleaf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Allouez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Kaukauna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Dundas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Sherwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Forest Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Saint John
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Brillion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Hilbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Stockbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Brant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Potter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Keshena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Krakow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Chase
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Gillett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Briarton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Rose Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Frazer Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Laney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Lunds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Slab City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Zachow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Belle Plaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Shawano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Cecil
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Pulcifer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Clintonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Ostrander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Gills Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Fremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Weyauwega
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Baldwins Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Ogdensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Fox Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Menasha
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Medina Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Neenah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Adella Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Zittau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Allenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Orihula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Winneconne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Harbor Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Black Creek.
Cemeteries Near Black Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Creek.
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 Black Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Sassman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Binghamton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Petri Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Petri Cemetery
- The St. Petri Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Old St. Peters Cemetery
- South Cicero Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bovina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rexford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Evangelist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Maine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Black Creek had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Black Creek had a population of 1,309 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Creek, with the one closest to Black Creek listed first.
- Binghamton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
- Shiocton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Briarton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Leeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Stephensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stephensville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensville
- Mackville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mackville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Apple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Rose Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hofa Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hofa Park is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hofa Park
- Hortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Oneida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Appleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Creek.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Black Creek ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Creek.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Black Creek. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Black Creek and those printed in the larger area surrounding Black Creek.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> of Black Creek.
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 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 Black Creek:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Outagamie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Black Creek, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Black Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |