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 Clintonville (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 Clintonville. 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 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.
Clintonville is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Clintonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clintonville:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Clintonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Embarrass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Manawa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Big Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Ostrander
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Ogdensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Baldwins Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Iola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Gills Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Scandinavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Pittsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Oneida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Hobart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Galloway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Norrie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Keshena
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Neopit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Neopit is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Zoar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Krakow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Gillett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Chase
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Bear Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Leeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Nichols
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Shiocton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Black Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Hortonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Seymour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Medina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Apple Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Chicago Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Alban
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rosholt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Amherst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Nelsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Belle Plaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Pella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Lunds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Leopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Shawano
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Split Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Gresham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Briarton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Slab City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Tigerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Frazer Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Cecil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Medina Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Orihula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Fox Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clintonville, see our County-by-County Page for Clintonville.
Cemeteries Near Clintonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clintonville.
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 Clintonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clintonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Graceland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Townline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Danish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marble Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Restland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bomke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomke Cemetery
- The Bomke Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belle Plaine 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clintonville had a population of 1,466 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Clintonville had a population of 4,353 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clintonville, with the one closest to Clintonville listed first.
- Embarrass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Buckbee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
- Bear Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Marble ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Nicholson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Belle Plaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Pella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Sugar Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Caroline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Symco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Leeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Leopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Hunting
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hunting is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clintonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clintonville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Clintonville ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clintonville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Clintonville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Clintonville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Clintonville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Clintonville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Clintonville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Clintonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Clintonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |