A visit to the Forest Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Forest Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Cemetery:
44.9275, -89.1957
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Cemetery is located in Shawano County<2>.
The county seat for Shawano County is located in Shawano. Shawano lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Forest Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Forest Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Philomene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The St. Philomene Cemetery is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Philomene Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- Eland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Eland Cemetery is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland Cemetery
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Boniface Cemetery
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bethany Lutheran Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
- The Bethany Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethany Cemetery
- Leiskau Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Leiskau Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiskau Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St. Paulus Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Town Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Town Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Forest Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Cemetery
- Rolling Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Rolling Cemetery is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Forestville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Forestville Cemetery is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville Cemetery
- Evergreen Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartelme Town Cemetery
- Bowler Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180760 <5>
- Hall Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Hall Pioneer Cemetery is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Pioneer Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Birnamwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Norrie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Eland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Aniwa
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Hatley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Wittenberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Regina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Regina is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Mattoon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mattoon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Pike Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Elderon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Almon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Ringle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Bowler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Phlox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Tigerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Antigo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Galloway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Zoar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Glandon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glandon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
- Sunset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Nutterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Forest Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shawano County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Antigo
- Birnamwood
- Bowler
- Tigerton
- Wittenberg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Forest Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Shawano County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Forest Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1565110 (Forest Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1565110 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Shawano
- Est. Elev: 393 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Birnamwood
- Location given for Forest Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.9274707 Lon: -89.1956686
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Shawano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |