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 Clam Lake (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 Clam Lake. 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 Clam Lake ...
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 Clam Lake: Clam Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Clam Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clam Lake.
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.
Clam Lake is located in Ashland 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 Ashland County: Bayfield, Iron, Price & Sawyer.
Below are the counties that are near Clam Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clam Lake:
- Ashland County (The home county of Clam Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clam Lake, with the one closest to Clam Lake listed first.
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Mellen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- High Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Butternut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- White River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Bayfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clam Lake, with the one closest to Clam Lake listed first.
- Cable
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Mason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sutherland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Benoit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Delta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Moquah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Iron County
- Cedar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clam Lake, with the one closest to Clam Lake listed first.
- Kennedy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Park Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Fifield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clam Lake, with the one closest to Clam Lake listed first.
- New Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Seeley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Winter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Phipps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Chief Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Little Round Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Hayward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Reserve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clam Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Clam Lake.
Cemeteries Near Clam Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clam Lake.
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 Clam Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clam Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clam Lake, with the one closest to Clam Lake listed first.
- Wildwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cayuga Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birch Lake Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Morse Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moe Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Loretta Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- St. Anne Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mason Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- St. Cecelia Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
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 Clam Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clam Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clam Lake, with the one closest to Clam Lake listed first.
- Morse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Mellen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- High Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Sanborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Cable
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Mason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Drummond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Butternut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Benoit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Phipps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Sedgwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- White River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Pike River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clam Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clam Lake.
Newspapers Published in Clam Lake ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clam Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clam Lake, 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 Clam Lake.
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 helpful 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 Clam Lake:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Ashland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bayfield County
- Iron County
- Price 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> | 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 Clam Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clam Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |