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 Buckbee (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 Buckbee. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Buckbee is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Buckbee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buckbee:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Buckbee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Clintonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Big Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Manawa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Ogdensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Ostrander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Iola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Baldwins Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Scandinavia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Langlade County
- Phlox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Galloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Norrie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Pike Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Hatley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Keshena
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Neopit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Neopit is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Zoar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Krakow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Gillett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Leeman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Shiocton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Black Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Hortonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Seymour
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Medina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Alban
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Garfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rosholt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Nelsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Amherst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Polonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Ellis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Pella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Leopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Belle Plaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Split Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Tigerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Lunds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Gresham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Shawano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Bowler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Slab City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Almon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Regina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Regina is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Bonduel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Zittau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Orihula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buckbee, see our County-by-County Page for Buckbee.
Cemeteries Near Buckbee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckbee.
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 Buckbee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buckbee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- St. Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Townline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graceland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> to the west of Marion.
- The St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88986 <2>
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Marble Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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, Buckbee had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buckbee, with the one closest to Buckbee listed first.
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Clintonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Caroline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Marble ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Embarrass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Pella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Hunting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hunting is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
- Nicholson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Leopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Big Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Symco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Belle Plaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Split Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buckbee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buckbee.
Newspapers Published in Buckbee ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckbee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckbee, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckbee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Buckbee:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Langlade County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buckbee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Buckbee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |