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 Donald (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 Donald. 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 hospitals 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.
Donald is located in Taylor 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 Taylor County: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Price & Rusk.
Below are the counties that are near Donald. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Donald:
- Taylor County (The home county of Donald)
- The following are listed by their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Gilman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Jump River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Polley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Lublin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Medford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Stetsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Cornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Drywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Stanley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Boyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Cadott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Eagleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Lake Wissota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wissota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Bloomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Eadsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Eidsvold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Thorp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Reseburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Withee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Owen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Curtiss
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Kennan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Catawba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Sheldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Conrath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Glen Flora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Tony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Ingram
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Ladysmith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Port Arthur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Hawkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Apollonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Weyerhaeuser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Donald, see our County-by-County Page for Donald.
Newspapers Published in Donald ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Donald.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Donald, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Donald.
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 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 Donald:
- 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 Taylor County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Price County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Taylor County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Donald ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Donald.
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 Donald covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Donald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donald Cemetery
- Hannibal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannibal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannibal Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Yellow River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yellow River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellow River Cemetery
- Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Catholic Cemetery
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Cemetery
- Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Lutheran Cemetery
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Holcombe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holcombe Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88167 <3>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Martin Mission Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Mission Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975996 <3>
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Estella Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Estella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Estella Cemetery
- South Lawrence Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Lawrence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Lawrence Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Estella 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>
While we didn't find Donald in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Donald.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Donald, with the one closest to Donald listed first.
- Huron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Perkinstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkinstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Drywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Eidsvold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Stanley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Thorp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Boyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Lombard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Edson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Cadott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Kennan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Withee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Catawba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Eagleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Medford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Catawba
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Donald. See our List of 1890's Communities around Donald.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Donald. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Taylor County: www.taylor-county.com/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Donald) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Donald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2525, Longitude: -90.8971 In this case, the coordinates for Donald 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 Donald, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |