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 Fairburn (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 Fairburn. 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.
Fairburn is located in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Fairburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairburn:
- Green Lake County (The home county of Fairburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Marquette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Markesan
(18 miles [29 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
- Utley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Adams County
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Friesland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Cambria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Waupun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Fox Lake
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Ripon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Fairwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Metomen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- West Rosendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Brandon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Rosendale
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ladoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Woodhull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- North Fond du Lac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Neshkoro
(8 miles [12.9 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Montello
(18 miles [29 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
- Glen Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Westfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Packwaukee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Endeavor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Outagamie County
- Medina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Almond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Fremont
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Rural
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Weyauwega
(24 miles [38.6 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
- King
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Waupaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Baldwins Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Cobb Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Ostrander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Redgranite
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Poy Sippi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Silver Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Pine River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Mount Morris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Saxeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Wautoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- West Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Wild Rose
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Coloma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Coloma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Omro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Pickett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Fisk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Harbor Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Winneconne
(18 miles [29 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
- Reighmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Orihula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Fitzgerald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Zittau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Allenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Oshkosh
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Black Wolf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Stony Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairburn, see our County-by-County Page for Fairburn.
Cemeteries Near Fairburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairburn.
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 Fairburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Fairburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Welsh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seventh-day Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sacramento Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Mt. Tom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dartford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<1>
While we didn't find Fairburn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairburn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
- Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Spring Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Neshkoro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Rush Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
- Poy Sippi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Germania
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Mount Morris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Pine River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Ripon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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 (13 more) ...
- Waukau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Waukau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
- Brushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brushville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Saxeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairburn.
Newspapers Published in Fairburn ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairburn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairburn, 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 Fairburn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Fairburn:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Marquette County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Fairburn, 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' (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- Fairburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |