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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 Breed (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 Breed. 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 Breed ...

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.

Another variation: Bread.

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 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.

Breed is located in Oconto 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 Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.

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

  • Oconto County     (The home county of Breed)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Breed, with the one closest to Breed listed first.
    • Armstrong
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armstrong came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
    • Suring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Frostville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gillett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gillett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
      • Gillett is located in Oconto County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Spruce
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Townsend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oconto Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
      • Lena is located in Oconto County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
    • Stiles Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Chase
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chase. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Chase is located in Oconto County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Chase
      • From Breed to Chase
  • Brown County
    • Pulaski
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Langlade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Breed, with the one closest to Breed listed first.
    • White Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
      • White Lake is located in Langlade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • Lily
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
      • Lily is located in Langlade County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lily
      • From Breed to Lily
    • Freeman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freeman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Freeman is located in Langlade County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Freeman
      • From Breed to Freeman
    • Phlox
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bryant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bryant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
      • Bryant is located in Langlade County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bryant
      • From Breed to Bryant
  • Marinette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Breed, with the one closest to Breed listed first.
    • Coleman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pound have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
      • Pound is located in Marinette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
    • Crivitz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crivitz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crivitz
      • Crivitz is located in Marinette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
      • Lake is located in Marinette County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,136 people
    • Sweetheart City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Harmony
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Athelstane
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Breed, with the one closest to Breed listed first.
    • Legend Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
      • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
    • Keshena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Neopit
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neopit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
    • Zoar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Breed, with the one closest to Breed listed first.
    • Pulcifer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cecil
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cecil have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
      • Cecil is located in Shawano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Middle Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
      • Middle Village is located in Shawano County
    • Shawano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonduel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Zachow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Gresham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Slab City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Shawano County
    • Lunds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Frazer Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Almon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leopolis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Waupaca County
    • Embarrass
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Embarrass have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people

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

Cemeteries Near Breed ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Breed.

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

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hickory Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kelly Brook Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Brook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Brazeau Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brazeau Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brazeau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Underhill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Underhill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Underhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (82 more) ...
    • Mosling Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mosling Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mosling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Spruce Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spruce Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spruce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Brazeau Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brazeau Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brazeau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Breed had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Logan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Logan is located in Oconto County
  • Hayes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
    • Hayes is located in Oconto County
  • Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gillett
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gillett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
  • Spruce
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Keshena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulcifer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cecil
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cecil have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Oconto Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Coleman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pound
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pound have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Pound is located in Marinette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
  • Lena
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Lena is located in Oconto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Beaver
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
      • Beaver is located in Marinette County
    • Shawano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gresham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Breed ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Breed.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Breed, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Breed.

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 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 Breed:

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

The official website for Oconto County: www.co.oconto.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<2>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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Breed, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Breed) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Breed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0727, Longitude: -88.4251       In this case, the coordinates for Breed have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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