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 Chicago Junction (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 Chicago Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Chicago Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Chicago Junction: Chicago Jct. (or less commonly used: Chicago Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Chicago Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chicago Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Chicago Junction is located in Washburn 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 Washburn County: Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Rusk & Sawyer.
Below are the counties that are near Chicago Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chicago Junction:
- Washburn County (The home county of Chicago Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Spooner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Shell Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Madge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Earl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Nobleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Birchwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Minong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Haugen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Rice Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Almena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Barron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Poskin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Cameron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Turtle Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Burnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Bashaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Hertel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Webb Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Siren
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Webster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Clam Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Frederic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Rusk County
- Strickland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Stone Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Reserve
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Hayward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Chief Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Little Round Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Couderay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Phipps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chicago Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Chicago Junction.
Cemeteries Near Chicago Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chicago Junction.
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 Chicago Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chicago Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Spooner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spooner Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Spooner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971180 <1>
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Spooner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #322667 <1>
- Spooner City Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shell Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shell Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Shell Lake.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89263 <1>
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sarona Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clam River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Earl Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Earl Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Earl.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975084 <1>
- Greendale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barronett Lakeside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lampson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Chicago Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chicago Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chicago Junction, with the one closest to Chicago Junction listed first.
- Spooner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Shell Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Bashaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Barronett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barronett is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
- Nobleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Haugen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Minong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Clam Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Rice Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Comstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Comstock is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Reserve
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Hayward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Almena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Barron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chicago Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chicago Junction.
Newspapers Published in Chicago Junction ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chicago Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chicago Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chicago Junction.
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 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 Chicago Junction:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Washburn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Burnett County
- Polk County
- Rusk County
- Sawyer 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> | 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- Chicago Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Chicago Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |