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 De Pere (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 De Pere. 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.
De Pere is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near De Pere. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to De Pere:
- Brown County (The home county of De Pere)
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Bellevue Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bellevue Town is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Town
- Bellevue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Glenmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Allouez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- De Pere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Preble
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Green Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Ashwaubenon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Poland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Lark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Brillion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Dundas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Forest Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Kaukauna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Hilbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Saint John
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Potter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Sherwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Brant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Chilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Hayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Rosiere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Namur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Forestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Pilsen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Curran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Curran is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Ellisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Stangelville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Bolt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Luxemburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Krok
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Krok is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
- Casco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Duvall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Euren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Kewaunee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Gregorville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Rosecrans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Maribel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Menchalville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Menchalville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menchalville
- Zander
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zander is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
- Kellnersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kellnersville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellnersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Larrabee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Melnik
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Taus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Taus is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taus
- Tisch Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Reedsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Reifs Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reifs Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reifs Mills
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Chase
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Krakow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Pensaukee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Chicago Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Freedom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Seymour
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Little Chute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Combined Locks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Kimberly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Apple Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Black Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Nichols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Shiocton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Laney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Rose Lawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Briarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Frazer Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Zachow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Slab City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Menasha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Fox Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Neenah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to De Pere, see our County-by-County Page for De Pere.
Cemeteries Near De Pere ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Pere.
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 De Pere - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for De Pere covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Polish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Allouez Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lilly Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ft. Howard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find De Pere in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of De Pere.
These communities are listed based on their distance from De Pere, with the one closest to De Pere listed first.
- Kolb
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kolb is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolb
- Glenmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- De Pere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Green Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Poland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Little Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rapids is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Greenleaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Fontenoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Henrysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henrysville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
- Bay Settlement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
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- Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Cormier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cormier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormier
- New Franken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Franken is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franken
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around De Pere. See our List of 1890's Communities around De Pere.
Newspapers Published in De Pere ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around De Pere.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of De Pere, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for De Pere.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 De Pere:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Manitowoc County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- De Pere) 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 De Pere, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |