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 Chain O' Lakes (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 Chain O' Lakes. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Chain O' Lakes 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 Chain O' Lakes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chain O' Lakes:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Chain O' Lakes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- King
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Rural
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Cobb Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Waupaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Sheridan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Scandinavia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Ogdensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Baldwins Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Weyauwega
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Iola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Gills Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Adams County
- Leola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Green Lake County
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Marathon County
- Galloway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Neshkoro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Germania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Hortonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Medina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Shiocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Almond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Nelsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Arnott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Garfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Custer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Plover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Polonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Alban
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Ellis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Split Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Tigerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Wild Rose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- West Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Pine River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Mount Morris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Poy Sippi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Plainfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Wautoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Silver Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Lohrville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Redgranite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Hancock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Orihula
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Winneconne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Omro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Allenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Harbor Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Lake Wazeecha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Biron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chain O' Lakes, see our County-by-County Page for Chain O' Lakes.
Cemeteries Near Chain O' Lakes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chain O' Lakes.
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 Chain O' Lakes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chain O' Lakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Barton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in King.
- The Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219112 <1>
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Badger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spencer Lake Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Dopp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Chain O' Lakes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chain O' Lakes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chain O' Lakes, with the one closest to Chain O' Lakes listed first.
- Rural
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Sheridan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Waupaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Scandinavia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Hatton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Ogdensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Wild Rose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Baldwins Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Almond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- West Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Iola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chain O' Lakes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chain O' Lakes.
Newspapers Published in Chain O' Lakes ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chain O' Lakes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chain O' Lakes, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chain O' Lakes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Chain O' Lakes:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Green Lake County
- Marathon County
- Marquette County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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> | 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 Chain O' Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Chain O' Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |