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 Drummond (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 Drummond. 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 doctors and 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.

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

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

• Bayfield County     (The home county of Drummond)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Drummond, with the one closest to Drummond listed first.
  • Sutherland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
    • Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
  • Delta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Bayfield County
  • Mason
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Mason is located in Bayfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Benoit
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
    • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
  • Moquah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
    • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
  • Washburn
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
    • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
• Ashland County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Drummond, with the one closest to Drummond listed first.
  • Marengo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Ashland County
  • Ashland
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Ashland is located in Ashland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
  • High Bridge
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
    • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
  • Mellen
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
    • Mellen is located in Ashland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
  • Tannery Town
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tannery Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
    • Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
  • White City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • White City is located in Ashland County
• Douglas County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Drummond, with the one closest to Drummond listed first.
  • Lake Nebagamon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Nebagamon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
    • Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
  • Sauntry
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
    • Sauntry is located in Douglas County
  • Solon Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
    • Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
  • Bennett
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
    • Bennett is located in Douglas County
  • Cloverland
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
  • Poplar
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
  • Hawthorne
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
    • Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
• Sawyer County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Drummond, with the one closest to Drummond listed first.
  • Seeley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
    • Seeley is located in Sawyer County
  • Phipps
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
    • Phipps is located in Sawyer County
  • Hayward
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Hayward is located in Sawyer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
  • Little Round Lake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
    • Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
  • Chief Lake
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chief Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
    • Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
  • New Post
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
    • New Post is located in Sawyer County

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

Newspapers Published in Drummond ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drummond.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drummond, 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 Drummond.

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 Drummond:

• 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 Bayfield County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Ashland County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Douglas County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Sawyer County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Wisconsin
  • Cemeteries of Bayfield County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Wisconsin

Cemeteries Near Drummond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drummond.

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 Drummond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Greenwood Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
• St. Anne Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne Cemetery
• Pike River Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pike River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pike River Cemetery
• Mason Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mason Cemetery
• Moe Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moe Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• St. Peters Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
• City Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
• Barnes Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
• Maple Grove Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
• Highland Memorial Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memorial Cemetery
• Valley View Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
• Continue List   (26 more) ...
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildwood Cemetery
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Ridge 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Drummond had a post office and railroad service.

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

• Pike River
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
  • Pike River is located in Bayfield County
• Cable
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
  • Cable is located in Bayfield County
• Mason
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Mason is located in Bayfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
• Ino
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ino have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
  • Ino is located in Bayfield County
• Benoit
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
• Topside
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
  • Topside is located in Bayfield County
• Iron River
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
  • Iron River is located in Bayfield County
• Sanborn
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanborn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
  • Sanborn is located in Ashland County
• Moquah
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
  • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
• Muskeg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muskeg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
  • Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
• Phipps
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
  • Phipps is located in Sawyer County
• Marengo
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
  • Marengo is located in Ashland County
• Continue List   (12 more) ...
  • Ashland Junction
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
    • Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
  • Brule
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brule have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Brule is located in Douglas County
  • White River
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
    • White River is located in Ashland County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Drummond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bayfield County: www.bayfieldcounty.org/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/