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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 Cornucopia (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 Cornucopia. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Cornucopia is located in Bayfield 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 Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.

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

  • Bayfield County     (The home county of Cornucopia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornucopia, with the one closest to Cornucopia listed first.
    • Bayfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Washburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
    • Moquah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
    • Benoit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
    • Delta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Delta is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Mason
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mason is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Sutherland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
  • Ashland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornucopia, with the one closest to Cornucopia listed first.
    • La Pointe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • La Pointe is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
    • Ashland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashland is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
    • White River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • White River is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
    • Odanah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Odanah is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
  • Douglas County
    • Cloverland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Lake County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornucopia, with the one closest to Cornucopia listed first.
    • Beaver Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Two Harbors
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cornucopia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cornucopia.

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 Cornucopia - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cornucopia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Herbster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • La Pointe Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • B'nai Israel Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Agnes Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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 Cornucopia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cornucopia.

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

  • Bayfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Washburn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
  • La Pointe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • La Pointe is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
  • Moquah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
  • Ashland Junction
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
  • Ashland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashland is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
  • Topside
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Topside is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
  • Ino
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Ino is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
  • Iron River
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron River is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
  • Benoit
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • White River
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • White River is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
  • Odanah
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Odanah is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Muskeg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
    • Pike River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pike River is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
    • Mason
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mason is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people

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

Newspapers Published in Cornucopia ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cornucopia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cornucopia, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cornucopia.

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 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 Cornucopia:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cornucopia, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cornucopia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.