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 Clark (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 Clark. 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 northeast 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 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.
Clark is located in Clark County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Taylor & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Clark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clark:
- Clark County (The home county of Clark)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Withee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Owen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Thorp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Reseburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Eadsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Eidsvold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Curtiss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Atwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Atwood is located in Clark County
- Dorchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Abbotsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbotsford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Greenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Colby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Riplinger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Riplinger is located in Clark County
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Stanley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Boyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Estella
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Cadott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Drywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Cornell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Unity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Milan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Marathon County
- Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Conrath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Lublin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Polley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Gilman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Perkinstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perkinstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Stetsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Medford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Jump River
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Westboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Interwald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Rib Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clark, see our County-by-County Page for Clark.
Cemeteries Near Clark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Maplehurst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplehurst Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplehurst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Nazareth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nazareth Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nazareth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Hedwig Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hedwig Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hedwig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Thorp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Thorp Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Thorp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bernard Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bernard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Hedwig Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hedwig Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hedwig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Longwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (98 more) ...
- Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Emanuel Lutheran 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.<3>
While we didn't find Clark in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clark.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Withee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Lombard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Thorp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Longwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Eidsvold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Curtiss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Perkinstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perkinstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Stanley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Dorchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Little Black
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Black have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Black
- Little Black is located in Taylor County
- Huron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Abbotsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbotsford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stetsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Medford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Greenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Stetsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clark. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clark.
Newspapers Published in Clark ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Clark:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Taylor County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Clark County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Clark County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clark. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.co.clark.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Clark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0291, Longitude: -90.6590 In this case, the coordinates for Clark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |