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 Dover (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 Dover. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Dover is located in Price 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 Price County: Ashland, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Dover. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dover:
- Price County (The home county of Dover)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
- Worcester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Prentice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Phillips
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Lugerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Fifield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Park Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Kennan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Kennedy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Ashland County
- Butternut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
- Jersey City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Tomahawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
- Hazelhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Harshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Woodruff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Rusk County
- Hawkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
- Westboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Rib Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Chelsea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Vilas County
- Lac du Flambeau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dover, see our County-by-County Page for Dover.
Cemeteries Near Dover ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dover.
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 Dover - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dover covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
- Emery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hackett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prentice Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Finnish Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Somo Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Knox Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harmony Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Garden of Memory Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
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.<1>
While we didn't find Dover in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dover.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
- Worcester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Brantwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brantwood is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantwood
- Phillips
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coolidge is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- McCord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCord is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Fifield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Kennan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Park Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Westboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Bradley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Rib Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Heafford Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
- Goodnow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Goodnow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
- Hazelhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dover. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dover.
Newspapers Published in Dover ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dover.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dover, 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 Dover.
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 Dover:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Price County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Lincoln County
- Oneida County
- Rusk County
- Taylor County
- Vilas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Dover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |