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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 Eckers Lakeland (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 Eckers Lakeland. 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.
Name Variations for Eckers Lakeland ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Eckers Lakeland, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Eckers Lakeland may originally have been Ecker's Lakeland.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Eckers Lakeland might be written as Ecker Lakeland.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Eckers Lakeland is located in Calumet 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 Calumet County: Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Eckers Lakeland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eckers Lakeland:
- Calumet County (The home county of Eckers Lakeland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Quinney
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Brothertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Stockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Brant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Chilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Sherwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- New Holstein
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Hilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Saint John
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Potter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Forest Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Askeaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Wrightstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Sniderville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Greenleaf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Wayside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Morrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Lark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Lomira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Calumetville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Garnet
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Johnsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Gladstone Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Linden Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Malone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Minawa Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Mount Calvary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Peebles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peebles is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles
- Saint Cloud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- North Fond du Lac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Banner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Kiel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- Steinthal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Collins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Rockville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Louis Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- Millhome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
- Saint Nazianz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- School Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
- Reedsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Valders
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Valders is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valders
- Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
- Clarks Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Grimms
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grimms is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms
- Cato
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cato is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Appleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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
- Combined Locks
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Kimberly
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Apple Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Medina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hortonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Elkhart Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Glenbeulah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Rhine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhine is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
- Johnsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Plymouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Howards Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Point Comfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Black Wolf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Stony Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Adella Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Oshkosh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Neenah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Menasha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Fitzgerald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Allenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Fox Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Fisk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Reighmoor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Harbor Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eckers Lakeland, see our County-by-County Page for Eckers Lakeland.
Cemeteries Near Eckers Lakeland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eckers Lakeland.
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 Eckers Lakeland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eckers Lakeland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Dick Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quinney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morrill Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pingel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rothmann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Portland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Eckers Lakeland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eckers Lakeland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eckers Lakeland, with the one closest to Eckers Lakeland listed first.
- Brothertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Jericho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Calumetville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Stockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Calumet Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calumet Harbor is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Harbor
- Charlesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Charlesburg is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesburg
- Brant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Johnsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Marytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marytown is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marytown
- Chilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Gravesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gravesville is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Black Wolf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Silica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Malone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Hayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eckers Lakeland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eckers Lakeland.
Newspapers Published in Eckers Lakeland ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eckers Lakeland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eckers Lakeland, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eckers Lakeland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Eckers Lakeland:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Calumet County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Manitowoc County
- Outagamie County
- Sheboygan County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 Eckers Lakeland, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eckers Lakeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |