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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 Edgar (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 Edgar. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Edgar is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.

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

  • Marathon County     (The home county of Edgar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgar, with the one closest to Edgar listed first.
    • Wien
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rib Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fenwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fenwood is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Poniatowski
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Marathon City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
    • Athens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stratford is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
    • Corinth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Milan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hamburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rangeline
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Rozellville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgar, with the one closest to Edgar listed first.
    • Abbotsford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Colby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Colby is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
    • Dorchester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Dorchester is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
    • Riplinger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Curtiss
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Veefkind
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Atwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Spokeville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chili
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Loyal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Loyal is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • Owen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgar, with the one closest to Edgar listed first.
    • Merrill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
    • Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgar, with the one closest to Edgar listed first.
    • Junction City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Junction City is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Torun
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgar, with the one closest to Edgar listed first.
    • Stetsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Interwald
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Medford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Rib Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chelsea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgar, with the one closest to Edgar listed first.
    • Auburndale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Auburndale is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
    • Hewitt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Marshfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Blenker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Milladore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sherry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bakerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Arpin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Arpin is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Rudolph
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rudolph is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
    • Vesper
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Lindsey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Edgar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edgar.

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 Edgar - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edgar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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 Edgar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edgar.

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

  • Rib Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Poniatowski
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wuertsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Wuertsburg is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuertsburg
  • Bradley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bradley is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Stettin ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Stettin is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stettin
  • Weber
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Weber is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
  • Halder
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Halder is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halder
  • Athens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Corinth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Milan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Rozellville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rangeline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hamburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cherokee is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
    • Naugart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Edgar ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgar.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Edgar. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Edgar and those printed in the larger area surrounding Edgar.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Edgar.

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 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 Edgar:

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- Edgar) 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 Edgar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.