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 Brookside Station (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 Brookside Station. 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 Brookside Station ...
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 Brookside Station: Brookside Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brookside Station. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brookside Station.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Brookside Station is located in Oconto 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 Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Brookside Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookside Station:
- Oconto County (The home county of Brookside Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Pensaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Oconto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Chase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Oconto Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Krakow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Gillett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hickory Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Frostville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Suring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Suamico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Benderville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Flintville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Dyckesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Duck Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Howard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Wequiock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Bay Settlement
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Green Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Pittsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Preble
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Allouez
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Namur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Rosiere
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Little Sturgeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Forestville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Idlewild
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Sturgeon Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Salona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Salona is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Duvall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Luxemburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Euren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Casco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Gregorville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Ellisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Pilsen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Algoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Krok
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Krok is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
- Stangelville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Curran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Curran is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Kewaunee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Coleman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Peshtigo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Pound
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Marinette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,136 people
- Rubys Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rubys Corner is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubys Corner
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Seymour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Chicago Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Nichols
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Laney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Zachow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Frazer Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Pulcifer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Rose Lawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Bonduel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cecil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Briarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Lunds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Menominee County (MI)
- Menominee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookside Station, see our County-by-County Page for Brookside Station.
Cemeteries Near Brookside Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookside Station.
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 Brookside Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookside Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Brookside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grosse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chase Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chase Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Krakow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274901 <3>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Pittsfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Volk Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Brookside Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookside Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookside Station, with the one closest to Brookside Station listed first.
- Little Suamico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
- Brookside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Pensaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Abrams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Abrams is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abrams
- Stiles Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Suamico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Oconto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Chase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Tremble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tremble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble
- Flintville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Oconto Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dyckesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Duck Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookside Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookside Station.
Newspapers Published in Brookside Station ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookside Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookside Station, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookside Station.
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 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 Brookside Station:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Oconto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Marinette County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Menominee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Brookside Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brookside Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |