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 Blackwell Junction (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 Blackwell Junction. 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 Blackwell Junction ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Blackwell Junction: Blackwell Jct. (or less commonly used: Blackwell Jctn.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Blackwell Junction is located in Forest 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 Forest County: Iron (MI), Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Blackwell Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blackwell Junction:
- Forest County (The home county of Blackwell Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Laona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Laona is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Padus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Padus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
- Crandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Mole Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Hiles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hiles is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
- Atkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Fern ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fern is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Tipler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tipler is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipler
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Lily
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Post Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Langlade
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Langlade is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
- White Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Elcho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Bryant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Kempster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Dunbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dunbar is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Athelstane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Athelstane is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstane
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Townsend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Armstrong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Jennings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Monico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Pelican Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Gagen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blackwell Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Blackwell Junction.
Cemeteries Near Blackwell Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blackwell Junction.
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 Blackwell Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blackwell Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Laona Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Ambrose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roseland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crandon Lakeside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crandon Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Home Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Townsend.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87959 <1>
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Argonne Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Blackwell Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blackwell Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blackwell Junction, with the one closest to Blackwell Junction listed first.
- Cavour
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cavour is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
- Crandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Armstrong Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
- Lily
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Atkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Post Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Dunbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dunbar is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pelican Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Elcho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Elton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Summit Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
- Koepenick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Koepenick is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
- Bryant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Kempster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blackwell Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blackwell Junction.
Newspapers Published in Blackwell Junction ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blackwell Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blackwell Junction, 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 Blackwell Junction.
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 Blackwell Junction:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Forest County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Florence County
- Langlade County
- Marinette County
- Oconto County
- Oneida 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 Blackwell Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Blackwell Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |