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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 Brantwood (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 Brantwood. 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 northwest 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 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.

Brantwood is located in Price 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 Price County: Ashland, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor & Vilas.

Below are the counties that are near Brantwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brantwood:

  • Price County     (The home county of Brantwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantwood, with the one closest to Brantwood listed first.
    • Prentice
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
      • Prentice is located in Price County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
    • Phillips
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillips have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Phillips is located in Price County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
    • Catawba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
      • Catawba is located in Price County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Kennan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
      • Kennan is located in Price County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Lugerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
      • Lugerville is located in Price County
    • Fifield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
      • Fifield is located in Price County
    • Park Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
      • Park Falls is located in Price County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantwood, with the one closest to Brantwood listed first.
    • Jersey City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jersey City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
      • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
    • Tomahawk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
      • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
    • Harrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
      • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantwood, with the one closest to Brantwood listed first.
    • Harshaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
      • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
    • Hazelhurst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
      • Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
    • Newbold
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbold have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
      • Newbold is located in Oneida County
    • Woodruff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
  • Rusk County
    • Hawkins
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
      • Hawkins is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
  • Taylor County
    • Rib Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
      • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
  • Vilas County
    • Lac du Flambeau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
      • Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brantwood, see our County-by-County Page for Brantwood.

Newspapers Published in Brantwood ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brantwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brantwood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brantwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Brantwood:

Cemeteries Near Brantwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brantwood.

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 Brantwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brantwood, with the one closest to Brantwood listed first.

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
  • Knox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Cemetery
  • Somo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somo Cemetery
  • Prentice Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prentice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prentice Cemetery
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Emery Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emery Cemetery
  • Hackett Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hackett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hackett Cemetery
  • Garden of Memory Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden of Memory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden of Memory Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Levitt Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Levitt Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Levitt Creek Cemetery
  • Northside Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northside Cemetery
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Lake View Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View 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, Brantwood had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Brantwood, with the one closest to Brantwood listed first.

  • Worcester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worcester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
    • Worcester is located in Price County
  • McCord
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCord have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
    • McCord is located in Lincoln County
  • Westboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
    • Westboro is located in Taylor County
  • Phillips
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillips have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
    • Phillips is located in Price County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
  • Rib Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
    • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
  • Bradley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Bradley is located in Lincoln County
  • Tomahawk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
    • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Heafford Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heafford Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
    • Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
  • Chelsea
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chelsea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
    • Chelsea is located in Taylor County
  • Catawba
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Catawba is located in Price County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Manson ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
    • Manson is located in Oneida County
  • Gilbert
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Coolidge ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coolidge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
      • Coolidge is located in Price County
    • Kennan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
      • Kennan is located in Price County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Interwald
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Interwald have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
      • Interwald is located in Taylor County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brantwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brantwood.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brantwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Price County: www.co.price.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' (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- Brantwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brantwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5627, Longitude: -90.1151       In this case, the coordinates for Brantwood 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 Brantwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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