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 Dairyland (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 Dairyland. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Dairyland is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Dairyland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dairyland:
- Douglas County (The home county of Dairyland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Moose Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Solon Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Sauntry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Bennett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Dedham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Hawthorne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Saunders
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- South Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Oliver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Lake Nebagamon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Superior Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Poplar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Burnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Webb Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Hertel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Minong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Earl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Spooner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Carlton County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Holyoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Wrenshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Kingsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Cloverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Duxbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Kerrick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bruno
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bruno is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Askov
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis County (MN)
- New Duluth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dairyland, see our County-by-County Page for Dairyland.
Cemeteries Near Dairyland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dairyland.
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 Dairyland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dairyland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Dairyland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Markville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swiss Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Webb Lake Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chicog Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wascott Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Native American Burial Grounds
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lena Lake Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (53 more) ...
- Danbury Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Hearts Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Summit Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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 Dairyland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dairyland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dairyland, with the one closest to Dairyland listed first.
- Minong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Sauntry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Holyoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Dedham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Kerrick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Boylston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Boylston is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- South Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Spooner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Pokegama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pokegama is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dairyland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dairyland.
Newspapers Published in Dairyland ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dairyland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dairyland, 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 Dairyland.
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 Dairyland:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burnett County
- Washburn County
- Carlton County
- Pine County
- Saint Louis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Dairyland, 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- Dairyland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |