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 Gillett (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 Gillett. 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 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.
Gillett is located in Oconto County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Gillett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gillett:
- Oconto County (The home county of Gillett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Oconto Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Frostville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Hickory Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Spruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Suring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Stiles Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stiles Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Breed
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Chase
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Pensaukee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Armstrong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Flintville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Pittsfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Suamico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Howard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Duck Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Duck Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Hobart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Benderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Green Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Ashwaubenon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Bay Settlement
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bay Settlement. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Langlade County
- White Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- White Lake
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Crivitz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Peshtigo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Legend Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Keshena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Neopit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Zoar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Leeman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Black Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Chicago Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Pulcifer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Cecil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Zachow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Bonduel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Frazer Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Laney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Shawano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Lunds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Rose Lawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Briarton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Middle Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Embarrass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Clintonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gillett, see our County-by-County Page for Gillett.
Cemeteries Near Gillett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gillett.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gillett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Wanderers Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wanderers Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wanderers Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88983 <4>
- Immanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mosling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mosling Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mosling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317606 <4>
- Danish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Green Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Valley Cemetery
- The Green Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel East Cemetery
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88042 <4>
- Underhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Underhill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Underhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406021 <4>
- Kelly Brook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Brook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Maple Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (110 more) ...
- White Clay Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Clay Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Clay Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The White Clay Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kulb's Cemetery
- Schutz Cemetery
- Dickson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Volk Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Volk Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Volk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- White Clay Lake Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gillett had a population of 53 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Gillett had a population of 1,306 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
- Pulcifer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Cecil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Oconto Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Spruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Hayes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Bonduel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Stiles Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stiles Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Stiles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Chase
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Breed
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Angelica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Logan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Abrams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Logan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gillett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gillett.
Newspapers Published in Gillett ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gillett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gillett, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gillett.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Gillett:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marinette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Oconto County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gillett: www.ci.gillett.wi.us/
The official website for Oconto County: www.co.oconto.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gillett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Gillett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gillett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8897, Longitude: -88.3065 In this case, the coordinates for Gillett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |