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A visit to the Wisconsin Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Wisconsin Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wisconsin Memorial Park (FG ID #89545)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Wisconsin Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wisconsin Memorial Park

Lat:   43.0865°   (43° 5' 11")

Lon:   -88.0768°   (-88° 4' 36")

The Wisconsin Memorial Park is located in Waukesha County<2>.

The county seat for Waukesha County is located in Waukesha. Waukesha lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wisconsin Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Wisconsin Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wisconsin Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wisconsin Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wisconsin Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Butler
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Butler is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,795 people
  • Brookfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Elm Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Wauwatosa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauwatosa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauwatosa
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menomonee Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • West Granville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • West Allis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lannon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lannon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lannon
    • Lannon is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
  • New Berlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • West Milwaukee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Milwaukee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milwaukee
    • West Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
  • Brown Deer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown Deer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
    • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
  • Pewaukee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pewaukee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
    • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Milwaukee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Glendale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people
    • Sussex
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pewaukee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pewaukee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
      • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,099 people
    • Waukesha
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shorewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorewood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
      • Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,117 people
    • Whitefish Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • River Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Hills
      • River Hills is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
    • Germantown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germantown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
      • Germantown is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
    • Prospect
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hales Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hales Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Corners
      • Hales Corners is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,553 people
    • Fox Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Point
      • Fox Point is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,628 people
    • Bayside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
      • Bayside is located in Milwaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,326 people
    • Mequon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mequon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
      • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mequon
      • From the Wisconsin Memorial Park to Mequon
    • Freistadt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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 Wisconsin Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Waukesha County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wisconsin Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Wisconsin Memorial Park:

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 Wisconsin Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1576904  (Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1576904 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Wauwatosa
    • County: Waukesha         Elev: 241
    • Location given for GNIS #1576904 (Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #89545

The official website for Waukesha County: www.waukeshacounty.gov/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wisconsin Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0865, Longitude: -88.0768    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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