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 Eureka (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 Eureka. 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 hospitals 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.
Eureka 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 Eureka. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eureka:
- Winnebago County (The home county of Eureka)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Omro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Fisk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Harbor Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Pickett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Reighmoor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Winneconne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Fitzgerald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Oshkosh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Orihula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Allenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Stony Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Brothertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Sherwood
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Columbia County
- Friesland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Waupun
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Fox Lake
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Ripon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- West Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Metomen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Rosendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Eldorado
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Brandon
(18 miles [29 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
- Fairwater
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Woodhull
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Ladoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- North Fond du Lac
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Gladstone Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Fond du Lac
(25 miles [40.2 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 Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Utley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Marquette
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 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 Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Neshkoro
(18 miles [29 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Montello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Medina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Appleton
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Fremont
(17 miles [27.4 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Ostrander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Rural
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Waupaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Baldwins Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- King
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Poy Sippi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Redgranite
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Pine River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- West Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Mount Morris
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Saxeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Silver Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Wautoma
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Wild Rose
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eureka, see our County-by-County Page for Eureka.
Cemeteries Near Eureka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eureka.
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 Eureka - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eureka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Eureka Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Rushford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sacramento Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nepeuskun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waukau Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Krebs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Omro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sheads Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burdick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Goggins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Welsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Eureka had a population of 297 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eureka, with the one closest to Eureka listed first.
- Waukau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waukau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Rush Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
- Omro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Pickett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Elo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elo is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
- Fisk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Fitzgerald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Tustin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tustin is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tustin
- Ripon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Ring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ring is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Butte des Morts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butte des Morts is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte des Morts
- Poy Sippi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- West Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eureka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eureka.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eureka ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eureka.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eureka. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eureka and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eureka.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Eureka.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Eureka:
- 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 Eureka, 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- Eureka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |