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 Foster Junction (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 Foster Junction. 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 Foster Junction ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Foster Junction: Foster Jct. (or less commonly used: Foster Jctn.)
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 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.
Foster Junction is located in Ashland 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 Ashland County: Bayfield, Iron, Price & Sawyer.
Below are the counties that are near Foster Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foster Junction:
- Ashland County (The home county of Foster Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Mellen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- High Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Marengo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Glidden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- White River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Odanah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Butternut
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Bayfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Mason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Benoit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Sutherland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Moquah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Washburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Cable
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Cedar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Montreal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Montreal is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Gile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gile is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
- Hurley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Kennedy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Park Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Gogebic County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Ironwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- North Ironwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foster Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Foster Junction.
Cemeteries Near Foster Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foster Junction.
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 Foster Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foster Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Cayuga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Morse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moe Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Birch Lake Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lake View Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mason Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Foster Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foster Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foster Junction, with the one closest to Foster Junction listed first.
- Mellen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- High Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Morse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Marengo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Sedgwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Sanborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Glidden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- White River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Birch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Mason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Odanah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Benoit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Ashland Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
- Butternut
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foster Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foster Junction.
Newspapers Published in Foster Junction ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foster Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foster Junction, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foster Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Foster Junction:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Ashland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bayfield County
- Iron County
- Price County
- Gogebic County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Foster Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foster Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |