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 Cooperstown (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 Cooperstown. 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 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 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.
Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cooperstown:
- Manitowoc County (The home county of Cooperstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Maribel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
- Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Zander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
- Zander is located in Manitowoc County
- Rosecrans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
- Melnik
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Larrabee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Hickory Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Kellnersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellnersville
- Kellnersville is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Fisherville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Fisherville is located in Manitowoc County
- Tisch Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Francis Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Kingsbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
- Mishicot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Menchalville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menchalville
- Menchalville is located in Manitowoc County
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Denmark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Fontenoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Pine Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Lark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Poland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Glenmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Wayside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Morrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Bellevue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Sugar Bush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
- Bellevue Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Town
- Bellevue Town is located in Brown County
- Greenleaf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Allouez
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Brillion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Forest Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Potter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Dundas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Hilbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Saint John
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Kaukauna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Brant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Hayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Chilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- New Holstein
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Brussels
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Bolt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Stangelville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Pilsen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Ellisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Krok
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Luxemburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Kewaunee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Casco
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Euren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Gregorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Duvall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Algoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Chicago Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Combined Locks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Little Chute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Kimberly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Apple Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Seymour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cooperstown, see our County-by-County Page for Cooperstown.
Newspapers Published in Cooperstown ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooperstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooperstown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooperstown.
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 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 Cooperstown:
- 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 Manitowoc County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Calumet County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Door County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kewaunee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Manitowoc County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Manitowoc County
Cemeteries Near Cooperstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooperstown.
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 Cooperstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- The St. James Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1479261 <3>
- Zion United Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- The Zion United Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Denmark Cemetery
- Eastside Cemetery
- Eastside / Cooperstown Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370500 <3>
- Eastside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastside Cemetery
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- The St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #245027 <3>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Zander Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zander Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2372845 <3>
- West Danish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Danish Cemetery
- Bolt Bohemian Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bolt Bohemian Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bolt Bohemian Twp. Cemetery
- Bohemian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bohemian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bohemian Cemetery
- St. John's United Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- The St. John's United Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lark Emmanuel Cemetery
- Westside Cooperstown Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437397 <3>
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenstreet Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2191438 <3>
- Melnik Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- The Melnik Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melnik Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melnik Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2456834 <3>
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Larrabee Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- The Larrabee Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Larrabee Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larrabee Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2287835 <3>
- Jambo Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jambo Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88229 <3>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2219098 <3>
- Larrabee Church 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cooperstown had a population of 285 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cooperstown, with the one closest to Cooperstown listed first.
- Rosecrans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
- Bolt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Curran
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Denmark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Melnik
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Larrabee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Fontenoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Tisch Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Stangelville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Francis Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Kingsbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
- Mishicot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pine Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Wayside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Taus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taus
- Taus is located in Manitowoc County
- Pine Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cooperstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooperstown.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cooperstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cooperstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooperstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3128, Longitude: -87.7745 In this case, the coordinates for Cooperstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cooperstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |