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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 Cleveland (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 Cleveland. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Cleveland is located in Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc County: Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee & Sheboygan.

Below are the counties that are near Cleveland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cleveland:

  • Manitowoc County     (The home county of Cleveland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Spring Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Manitowoc County
    • Newton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Newton is located in Manitowoc County
    • Northeim
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northeim
      • Northeim is located in Manitowoc County
    • Osman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
      • Osman is located in Manitowoc County
    • School Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
      • School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
    • Clover
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
      • Clover is located in Manitowoc County
    • Newtonburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonburg
      • Newtonburg is located in Manitowoc County
    • Rube
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rube
      • Rube is located in Manitowoc County
    • Saint Nazianz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
      • Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
    • Louis Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
      • Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
    • Millhome
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
      • Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
    • Alverno
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverno
      • Alverno is located in Manitowoc County
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Wayside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wayside is located in Brown County
    • Lark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
      • Lark is located in Brown County
    • Morrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
      • Morrison is located in Brown County
    • Denmark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
    • Askeaton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
      • Askeaton is located in Brown County
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • New Holstein
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holstein have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
      • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
    • Hayton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
      • Hayton is located in Calumet County
    • Potter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Potter is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
    • Chilton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chilton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
      • Chilton is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
    • Brillion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brillion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
      • Brillion is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
    • Brant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
      • Brant is located in Calumet County
    • Hilbert
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
      • Hilbert is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Forest Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
      • Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
    • Saint John
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Calumet County
    • Brothertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brothertown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
      • Brothertown is located in Calumet County
    • Quinney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
      • Quinney is located in Calumet County
    • Harrison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
      • Harrison is located in Calumet County
  • Fond du Lac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Saint Cloud
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Cloud have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
      • Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Banner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
      • Banner is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Graham Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Corners
      • Graham Corners is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Calvary
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calvary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
      • Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Garnet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
      • Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Mount Calvary
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Calvary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
      • Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
    • Armstrong
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Malone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
      • Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Calumetville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
      • Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Johnsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
      • Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Dotyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dotyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
      • Dotyville is located in Fond du Lac County
    • New Prospect
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
      • New Prospect is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Kewaunee County
    • Bolt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
      • Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
  • Ozaukee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Sauk Trail Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk Trail Beach
      • Sauk Trail Beach is located in Ozaukee County
    • Lake Church
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Church
      • Lake Church is located in Ozaukee County
    • Belgium
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
      • Belgium is located in Ozaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,364 people
  • Sheboygan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
    • Howards Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
      • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
    • Sheboygan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
      • Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
    • Kohler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
      • Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
    • Sheboygan Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
      • Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
    • Elkhart Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
      • Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
    • Ourtown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ourtown
      • Ourtown is located in Sheboygan County
    • Plymouth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
    • Glenbeulah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenbeulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
      • Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Waldo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Oostburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oostburg
      • Oostburg is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,082 people
    • Adell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
      • Adell is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Cascade
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
      • Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cleveland, see our County-by-County Page for Cleveland.

Newspapers Published in Cleveland ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cleveland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cleveland, 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 Cleveland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cleveland:

Cemeteries Near Cleveland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cleveland.

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 Cleveland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.

  • St. Wendel Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. George / St. Johannes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Kassa Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Saxon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Paul Evangelical Reform Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Evangelical Reform Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Evangelical Reform Cemetery
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
  • St. Johns Ebenezer Reformed Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Ebenezer Reformed Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. James UCC Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Fidelis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Isidore Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Schwartzwald Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (216 more) ...

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cleveland had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Cleveland had a population of 1,456 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.

  • Meeme
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeme have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeme
    • Meeme is located in Manitowoc County
  • Northeim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northeim
    • Northeim is located in Manitowoc County
  • Newton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Newton is located in Manitowoc County
  • Osman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
    • Osman is located in Manitowoc County
  • Ada
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ada have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
    • Ada is located in Sheboygan County
  • Howards Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
    • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
  • Mosel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosel
    • Mosel is located in Sheboygan County
  • School Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
    • School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
  • Franklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Sheboygan County
  • Rube
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rube
    • Rube is located in Manitowoc County
  • Newtonburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonburg
    • Newtonburg is located in Manitowoc County
  • Saint Nazianz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
    • Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Louis Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
      • Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
    • Millhome
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
      • Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
    • Rhine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
      • Rhine is located in Sheboygan County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cleveland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cleveland.

The official website for Cleveland: www.clevelandwi.gov/

The official website for Manitowoc County: www.co.manitowoc.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cleveland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cleveland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9160, Longitude: -87.7467    
<3>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.
<4>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 Cleveland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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