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 Cobb Town (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 Cobb Town. 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 and hospitals 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.
Cobb Town 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 Cobb Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cobb Town:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Cobb Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Sheridan
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Rural
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Scandinavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Waupaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Iola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Ogdensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Baldwins Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Weyauwega
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Gills Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Adams County
- Leola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Galloway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Ashley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Marquette County
- Neshkoro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Bear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Hortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Medina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Amherst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Blaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Amherst Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Nelsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Arnott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Almond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Garfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Custer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Polonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Alban
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Ellis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Split Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Tigerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Wild Rose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Saxeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Pine River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- West Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Plainfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Mount Morris
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Poy Sippi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Wautoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Silver Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Lohrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Redgranite
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Orihula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Winneconne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Lake Wazeecha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Biron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Grand Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Rudolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cobb Town, see our County-by-County Page for Cobb Town.
Cemeteries Near Cobb Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cobb Town.
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 Cobb Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cobb Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Badger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in King.
- The Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219112 <1>
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Amherst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scandinavia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Cobb Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cobb Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cobb Town, with the one closest to Cobb Town listed first.
- Sheridan
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Rural
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Blaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Scandinavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Amherst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Waupaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Amherst Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Nelsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Ogdensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Iola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fancher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fancher is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Almond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Baldwins Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cobb Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cobb Town.
Newspapers Published in Cobb Town ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cobb Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cobb Town, 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 Cobb Town.
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 Cobb Town:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Marathon County
- Marquette County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Wood 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 Cobb Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cobb Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |