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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 Five Corners (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 Five Corners. 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.

Name Variations for Five Corners ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Five Corners: Five Cors.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Five Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Corners.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Five Corners is located in Shawano 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.

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

  • Shawano County     (The home county of Five Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Bowler
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowler is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Tigerton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
    • Regina
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Regina is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
    • Wittenberg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
    • Almon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Almon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
    • Split Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
    • Eland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Eland is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Leopolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
    • Birnamwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
    • Gresham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Gresham is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
    • Pella
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Pella is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Mattoon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Mattoon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
  • Langlade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Phlox
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Phlox is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
    • Antigo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Antigo is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
    • Bryant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bryant is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • White Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • White Lake is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • Neva Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
    • Deerbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
    • Langlade
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Langlade is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Elderon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Norrie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Norrie is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Galloway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Galloway is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
    • Hatley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hatley is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Pike Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
    • Ringle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Ringle is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
    • Sunset
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Weston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Weston is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
    • Glandon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Glandon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
    • Nutterville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nutterville is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
    • Kronenwetter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
    • Ashley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ashley is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Neopit
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
    • Zoar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Zoar is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
    • Keshena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Keshena is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
    • Legend Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Bear Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Leeman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leeman is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Alban
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Alban is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
    • Rosholt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosholt is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
    • Garfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Garfield is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Polonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Polonia is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
    • Ellis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ellis is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Nelsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Nelsonville is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Torun
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Torun is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
    • Amherst Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
    • Amherst
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Amherst is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
    • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Emily is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
    • Custer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Custer is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
    • Granite City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
    • Marion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Marion is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
    • Big Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Clintonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
    • Embarrass
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Iola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Iola is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • Manawa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • Ogdensburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Scandinavia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
    • Baldwins Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
    • Sheridan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan

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

Cemeteries Near Five Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Five Corners.

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 Five Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
  • Town Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bartelme Town Cemetery
    • Bowler Community Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180760 <1>
  • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    • The Bethany Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bethany Cemetery
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Forest Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Leiskau Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
    • The St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old St. Paulus Cemetery
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
  • St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Seneca Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Roosevelt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (116 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Whitcomb
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitcomb is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb
  • Tigerton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Regina
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Regina is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
  • Wittenberg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
  • Split Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
  • Hunting
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hunting is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
  • Caroline
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Caroline is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
  • Eland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eland is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
  • Elderon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Elderon is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Leopolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
  • Birnamwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
  • Norrie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Norrie is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Marion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Marion is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
    • Pella
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Pella is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Gresham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Gresham is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people

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

Newspapers Published in Five Corners ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Five Corners, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Five Corners.

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 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 Five Corners:

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 Five Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Five Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.