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 Elo (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 Elo. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Elo is located in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Waupaca & Waushara.
Below are the counties that are near Elo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elo:
- Winnebago County (The home county of Elo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Fisk
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Pickett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Fitzgerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Harbor Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Black Wolf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Stony Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Oshkosh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Point Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Winneconne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Allenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Brothertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Stockbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Brant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Chilton
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Hayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Saint John
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- New Holstein
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Columbia County
- Friesland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Waupun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Brownsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Atwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Fox Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Knowles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Lomira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Burnett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Kekoskee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- West Rosendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Rosendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Ripon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Metomen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Woodhull
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Brandon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- North Fond du Lac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Ladoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Fairwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Gladstone Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Fond du Lac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Berlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Utley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Marquette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Neshkoro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Germania
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Appleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Hortonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Combined Locks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Kimberly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Fremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Poy Sippi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Redgranite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Pine River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- West Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Mount Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Saxeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Wautoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elo, see our County-by-County Page for Elo.
Cemeteries Near Elo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elo.
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 Elo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zoar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minckler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waukau Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Omro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Omro Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Omro Junction Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Krebs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosendale North Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Eldorado Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Elo had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elo, with the one closest to Elo listed first.
- Fisk
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Pickett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Ring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ring is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
- Zion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zion is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Waukau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waukau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
- Fitzgerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Rush Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- West Rosendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Ripon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Rosendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Black Wolf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Van Dyne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Van Dyne is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elo.
Newspapers Published in Elo ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elo, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Elo:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Winnebago County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Marquette County
- Outagamie County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Elo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |