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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 Evanswood (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 Evanswood. 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.

Evanswood is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.

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

  • Waupaca County     (The home county of Evanswood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evanswood, with the one closest to Evanswood listed first.
    • Gills Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
    • Weyauwega
      (2 miles [3.2 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
    • Fremont
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fremont is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
    • Baldwins Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
    • Ostrander
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
    • Waupaca
      (8 miles [12.9 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
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
    • King
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • King is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Manawa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • New London
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Rural
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rural is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Ogdensburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evanswood, with the one closest to Evanswood listed first.
    • Berlin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
    • Green Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
  • Marquette County
    • Neshkoro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evanswood, with the one closest to Evanswood listed first.
    • Hortonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
    • Medina
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Medina is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
    • Greenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Bear Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Shiocton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Appleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Black Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Leeman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Leeman is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
    • Apple Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
    • Kimberly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
    • Nichols
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Combined Locks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evanswood, with the one closest to Evanswood listed first.
    • Blaine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Blaine is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Amherst
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Amherst is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
    • Amherst Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
    • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Emily is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
    • Nelsonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Nelsonville is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Almond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Almond is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Garfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Garfield is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Arnott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Arnott is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
    • Custer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Custer is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Alban
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Alban is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
    • Rosholt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosholt is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
    • Polonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Polonia is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
  • Shawano County
    • Split Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evanswood, with the one closest to Evanswood listed first.
    • West Bloomfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Poy Sippi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
    • Pine River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine River is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Saxeville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Saxeville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
    • Mount Morris
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
    • Wild Rose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
    • Lohrville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Redgranite
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
    • Silver Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Wautoma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Plainfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
  • Winnebago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evanswood, with the one closest to Evanswood listed first.
    • Orihula
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Orihula is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
    • Zittau
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Zittau is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
    • Medina Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
    • Winneconne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
    • Allenville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Allenville is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
    • Harbor Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
    • Omro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Omro is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
    • Reighmoor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
    • Fox Crossing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
    • Menasha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
    • Neenah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
    • Adella Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach

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

Cemeteries Near Evanswood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evanswood.

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

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

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

  • Evenswood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wolf River Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hobart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Butternut Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lind Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (229 more) ...
    • Baldwins Mill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Prellwitz Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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.<1>

While we didn't find Evanswood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evanswood.

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

  • Gills Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
  • Hatton ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hatton is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Fremont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremont is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
  • West Bloomfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
  • Baldwins Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
  • Orihula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Orihula is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
  • Brushville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brushville is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
  • Tustin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tustin is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tustin
  • Zittau
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Zittau is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
  • Readfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Readfield is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
  • Ostrander
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
  • Waupaca
    (8 miles [12.9 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
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Royalton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Royalton is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
    • Poy Sippi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi

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

Newspapers Published in Evanswood ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evanswood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evanswood, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evanswood.

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 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 Evanswood:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Evanswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evanswood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.