A visit to the Whitefish Bay 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 Whitefish Bay Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Whitefish Bay Cemetery:
44.9075, -87.2343
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Whitefish Bay Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Whitefish Bay Cemetery is located in Door County<2>.
The county seat for Door County is located in Sturgeon Bay. Sturgeon Bay lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Whitefish Bay Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Whitefish Bay Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km] of the Whitefish Bay Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Whitefish Bay Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Holy Nativity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Jacksonport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Jacksonport Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport Cemetery
- Bayside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Egg Harbor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Egg Harbor Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor Cemetery
- South Side Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The South Side Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Side Cemetery
- The South Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Samuelson Cemetery
- Southside Cemetery
- Sturgeon Bay Town Cemetery
- Hainesville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Hainesville Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville Cemetery
- Schumacher - Nasewaupee Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baileys Harbor Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Juddville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Juddville Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Schulties Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Schulties Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schulties Cemetery
- Claybanks Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Claybanks Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybanks Cemetery
- Blossomburg Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The Blossomburg Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossomburg Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Geise Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Geise Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geise Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Whitefish Bay Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Whitefish Bay Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jacksonport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonport is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
- Sturgeon Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Egg Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Idlewild
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Salona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salona is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Baileys Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
- Fish Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fish Creek is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Little Sturgeon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Ephraim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ephraim is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- North Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Forestville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Sister Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sister Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Brussels
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Algoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Rowleys Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rowleys Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
- Menominee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marinette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Namur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Rosiere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Gregorville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Ellison Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ellison Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Bay
- Kew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kew is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kew
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 Whitefish Bay Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Door County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Whitefish Bay Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Marinette
- Menominee
- Peshtigo
- Sturgeon Bay
Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Whitefish Bay Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Door 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 Whitefish Bay Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1577968 (Whitefish Bay Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1577968 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: Door
- Est. Elev: 186 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jacksonport
- Location given for Whitefish Bay Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.9074969 Lon: -87.2342673
- 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 Door, 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' (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- Whitefish Bay 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |