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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 Fremont (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 Fremont. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Fremont 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 Fremont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fremont:

  • Waupaca County     (The home county of Fremont)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
    • Gills Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Weyauwega
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
    • Ostrander
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Baldwins Mill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
    • Waupaca
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Manawa
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • King
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rural
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ogdensburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Cobb Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
    • Harrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Kaukauna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Sherwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
    • Stockbridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
  • Fond du Lac County
    • Ripon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
    • Berlin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
    • Medina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hortonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenville
      (16 miles [25.7 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 north)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Shiocton
      (19 miles [30.6 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Apple Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Black Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Kimberly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Leeman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Combined Locks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Little Chute
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
    • Blaine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Amherst
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Amherst Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Almond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nelsonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Garfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fremont, with the one closest to Fremont listed first.
    • West Bloomfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Poy Sippi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saxeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Morris
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Redgranite
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    • Wild Rose
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Silver Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Wautoma
      (24 miles [38.6 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
  • Winnebago County

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

Cemeteries Near Fremont ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fremont.

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

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

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wolf River Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Becker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evenswood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Prellwitz Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Zittau Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (241 more) ...
    • Concordia Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • St. John Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fremont had a population of 275 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fremont had a population of 647 people.

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

  • Gills Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Orihula
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Readfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Readfield is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
  • West Bloomfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Zittau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatton ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hatton is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Tustin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tustin is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tustin
  • Brushville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brushville is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
  • Dale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Dale is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Baldwins Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ostrander
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Poy Sippi
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Northport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Northport is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
    • Royalton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Royalton is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
    • Medina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Fremont ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fremont.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fremont, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fremont.

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 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 Fremont:

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 Fremont, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fremont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.