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 Wolf (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 Wolf. 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.
Black Wolf is located in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Waupaca & Waushara.
Below are the counties that are near Black Wolf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Wolf:
- Winnebago County (The home county of Black Wolf)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Point Comfort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Stony Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Fitzgerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Oshkosh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Fisk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Pickett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Harbor Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Omro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Adella Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Allenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Winneconne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Neenah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Brown County
- Askeaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Brothertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Stockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Harrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Brant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Chilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Sherwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Hayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- New Holstein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Hilbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Saint John
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Potter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Dundas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Waupun
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Lomira
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Knowles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Atwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Kekoskee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Theresa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Mayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- North Fond du Lac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Gladstone Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Linden Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Minawa Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Calumetville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Fond du Lac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Woodhull
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Peebles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peebles is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles
- Rosendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Garnet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Johnsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- West Rosendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Utley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Kiel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- Rockville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Steinthal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Collins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Louis Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- Millhome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
- Saint Nazianz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Appleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- 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
- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Kimberly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Combined Locks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Little Chute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Apple Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Hortonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Glenbeulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Elkhart Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Rhine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rhine is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
- Plymouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Washington County
- Wayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Poy Sippi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- West Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Redgranite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Wolf, see our County-by-County Page for Black Wolf.
Cemeteries Near Black Wolf ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Wolf.
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 Wolf - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Wolf covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Wilhelmina Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Elm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Schellers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peace Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ellinwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Black Wolf had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Wolf, with the one closest to Black Wolf listed first.
- Van Dyne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Van Dyne is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyne
- Fitzgerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Ring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ring is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
- Oshkosh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Zion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zion is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Fisk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Winnebago
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winnebago is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnebago
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Calumet Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Calumet Harbor is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Harbor
- Elo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elo is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
- Taycheedah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taycheedah is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taycheedah
- Silica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
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- Calumetville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Brothertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Pickett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Wolf. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Wolf.
Newspapers Published in Black Wolf ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Wolf.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Wolf, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Wolf.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Wolf:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Winnebago County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Manitowoc County
- Outagamie County
- Sheboygan County
- Washington County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Wolf, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Wolf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |