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 River (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 River. 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 River ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Black River: Black Riv.
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 southeast 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 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.
Black River is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Black River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black River:
- Douglas County (The home county of Black River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black River, with the one closest to Black River listed first.
- Saunders
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Saunders is located in Douglas County
- Oliver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Superior Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- South Range
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Hawthorne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Poplar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Moose Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Sauntry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Lake Nebagamon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Nebagamon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Solon Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Carlton County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black River, with the one closest to Black River listed first.
- Wrenshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrenshall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrenshall
- Wrenshall is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrenshall <2>
- Thomson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Holyoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Carlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Carlton is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <2>
- Esko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esko
- Esko is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esko <2>
- Scanlon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Cloquet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloquet
- Cloquet is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,014 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloquet <2>
- Otter Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Mahtowa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Sawyer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Barnum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Barnum is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnum <2>
- Moose Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Lake
- Moose Lake is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,790 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Lake <2>
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black River, with the one closest to Black River listed first.
- Kingsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Kerrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrick
- Kerrick is located in Pine County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kerrick <2>
- Cloverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Saint Louis County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black River, with the one closest to Black River listed first.
- New Duluth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Gary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Proctor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Proctor is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <2>
- Duluth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <2>
- Adolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adolph
- Adolph is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adolph <2>
- Hermantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermantown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermantown
- Hermantown is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,504 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermantown <2>
- Arnold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Saginaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Twig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Brookston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
- Brookston is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black River, see our County-by-County Page for Black River.
Newspapers Published in Black River ...
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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black River, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black River.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Black River:
- 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 Douglas County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carlton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pine County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Saint Louis County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carlton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Douglas County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Douglas County
Cemeteries Near Black River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black River.
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 Black River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black River, with the one closest to Black River listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Hebrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebrew Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Superior.
- The Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
- Superior Hebrew Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88116 <4>
- Graceland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Superior.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graceland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971600 <4>
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Superior.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88822 <4>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Superior.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87670 <4>
- Summit Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summit Cemetery
- Nemadji Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nemadji Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Superior.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nemadji Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88528 <4>
- St. Francis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Superior.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88930 <4>
- MacCabee Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the MacCabee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the MacCabee Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- Parkview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parkview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkview Cemetery
- Continue List (70 more) ...
- Finnish Apostolic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Apostolic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Apostolic Cemetery
- Thomson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomson Cemetery
- Oneota Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oneota Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83008 <4>
- Finnish Apostolic 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.<5>
While we didn't find Black River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Black River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black River, with the one closest to Black River listed first.
- Dedham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Boylston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Pokegama
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - New Duluth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- South Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Superior
- South Superior is located in Douglas County
- South Range
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Smithville is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Cutter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Itasca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Oneota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - West Duluth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Duluth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duluth
- West Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Holyoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Thomson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Hawthorne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Holyoke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black River.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Black River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Douglas County: www.douglascountywi.org/
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5622, Longitude: -92.1474 In this case, the coordinates for Black River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |