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 Carter (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 Carter. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Carter is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Gogebic (MI), Ashland, Price & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Carter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carter:
- Iron County (The home county of Carter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Manitowish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Manitowish is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
- Gile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gile is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
- Montreal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montreal is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Hurley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Cedar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Butternut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Glidden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Tannery Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Mellen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- High Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Oneida County
- Woodruff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Park Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Fifield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Vilas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Manitowish Waters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
- Katinka Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
- Lac du Flambeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
- Gogebic County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Ironwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Bessemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ramsay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Hillcrest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hartley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- North Ironwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
- Wakefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Marenisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Connorville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Connorville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carter, see our County-by-County Page for Carter.
Cemeteries Near Carter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carter.
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 Carter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Mercer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Memorial Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ironwood (MI).
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ironwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1499 <2>
- Presque Isle Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Cecelia Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pines Cemetery
(23 miles [37 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>
While we didn't find Carter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Mercer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Jessieville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jessieville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
- Ironwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hurley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Ramsay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Bessemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Siemens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Siemens is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
- Hartley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- Wakefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glidden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Butternut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Thomaston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Wellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wellington is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Morse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Park Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carter.
Newspapers Published in Carter ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carter, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carter.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Carter:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Iron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Oneida County
- Price County
- Vilas County
- Gogebic 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> | 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 Carter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Carter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |