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 Foxboro (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 Foxboro. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Foxboro is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Foxboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foxboro:
- Douglas County (The home county of Foxboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxboro, with the one closest to Foxboro listed first.
- Dedham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Saunders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Superior Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Moose Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- South Range
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Superior
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Bennett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Hawthorne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Poplar
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Sauntry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Solon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Carlton County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxboro, with the one closest to Foxboro listed first.
- Holyoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Wrenshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thomson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Carlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Esko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Scanlon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scanlon is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Cloquet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mahtowa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mahtowa is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtowa
- Barnum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sawyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Moose Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxboro, with the one closest to Foxboro listed first.
- Kingsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Kerrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Bruno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bruno is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Sturgeon Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duxbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Willow River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxboro, with the one closest to Foxboro listed first.
- New Duluth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Gary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gary is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Proctor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Proctor is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <1>
- Oneota
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oneota is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- Adolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hermantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Duluth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <1>
- Saginaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Twig
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Twig is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
- Brookston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foxboro, see our County-by-County Page for Foxboro.
Cemeteries Near Foxboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foxboro.
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 Foxboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foxboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foxboro, with the one closest to Foxboro listed first.
- Summit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- MacCabee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elim Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nickerson Community Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thomson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Superior.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971600 <2>
- Hebrew Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebrew Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Superior.
- The Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
- Superior Hebrew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88116 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Superior.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88822 <2>
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Superior.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87670 <2>
- Sandy Lake Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Finnish Apostolic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Foxboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foxboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foxboro, with the one closest to Foxboro listed first.
- Holyoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Dedham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Boylston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boylston is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- New Duluth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Duluth
- Fond du Lac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Thomson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomson is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- Estimated population in 2014: 158 people
- Pokegama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pokegama is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokegama
- Carlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Superior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Superior is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Superior
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Otter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Cloquet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- South Range
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Kerrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Superior
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foxboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foxboro.
Newspapers Published in Foxboro ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foxboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foxboro, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foxboro.
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 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 Foxboro:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carlton County
- Pine County
- Saint Louis 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> | 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- Foxboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Foxboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |