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 Cicero (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 Cicero. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cicero is located in Outagamie 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 Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Cicero. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cicero:
- Outagamie County (The home county of Cicero)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Nichols
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Seymour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Black Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Leeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Chicago Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Shiocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Bear Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Apple Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Kimberly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Hortonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Pittsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Hobart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Flintville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Duck Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Howard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Ashwaubenon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Suamico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- De Pere
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Sniderville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Allouez
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Green Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Kaukauna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Dundas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Forest Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Sherwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Saint John
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Legend Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Keshena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Krakow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Chase
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Gillett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Oconto Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Stiles Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Spruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Pensaukee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Frostville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Suring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Hickory Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Lena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Briarton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Rose Lawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Laney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Frazer Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Slab City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Zachow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Lunds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Cecil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Belle Plaine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Shawano
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Pulcifer
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pella
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Embarrass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Clintonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- New London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Gills Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Fox Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Menasha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Medina Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Neenah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Adella Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cicero, see our County-by-County Page for Cicero.
Cemeteries Near Cicero ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cicero.
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 Cicero - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cicero covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- North Cicero Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elm Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Cicero Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evangelist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Sebastian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lessor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Owego Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owego Cemetery
- The Owego Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Church Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
- The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laney Cemetery
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.<1>
While we didn't find Cicero in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cicero.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cicero, with the one closest to Cicero listed first.
- Briarton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Rose Lawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Hofa Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hofa Park is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hofa Park
- Laney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Black Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Angelica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Leeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Binghamton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
- Bonduel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Shiocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Flintville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Mackville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mackville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Cormier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cormier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cicero. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cicero.
Newspapers Published in Cicero ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cicero.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cicero, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cicero.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cicero:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Outagamie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cicero, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cicero) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |