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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 Globe (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 Globe. 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.

Globe is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Taylor & Wood.

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

  • Clark County     (The home county of Globe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Globe, with the one closest to Globe listed first.
    • Willard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Neillsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
      • Neillsville is located in Clark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
    • Greenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Loyal
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Loyal is located in Clark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • Granton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Spokeville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Veefkind
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Veefkind. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
      • Veefkind is located in Clark County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Veefkind
      • From Globe to Veefkind
    • Humbird
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chili
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Riplinger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Reseburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Atwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Owen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Globe, with the one closest to Globe listed first.
    • Stanley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
    • Boyd
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
  • Crawford County
    • Lynxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynxville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
      • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Eau Claire County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Globe, with the one closest to Globe listed first.
    • Fairchild
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairchild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
      • Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
    • Hay Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Augusta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Augusta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
      • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Globe, with the one closest to Globe listed first.
    • Hatfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Merrillan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
      • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
    • Alma Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
      • Alma Center is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
    • Pray
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Levis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Levis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
      • Levis is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Levis
      • From Globe to Levis
    • Requa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Hixton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Black River Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lapham Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • City Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
      • City Point is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to City Point
      • From Globe to City Point
    • Sechlerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sechlerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
      • Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sechlerville
      • From Globe to Sechlerville
    • York
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for York. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • York is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to York
      • From Globe to York
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Globe, with the one closest to Globe listed first.
    • Spencer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Unity
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
      • Unity is located in Marathon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
    • McMillan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McMillan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
      • McMillan is located in Marathon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McMillan
      • From Globe to McMillan
    • Stratford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Marathon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
  • Taylor County
    • Lublin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
      • Lublin is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
  • Trempealeau County
    • Osseo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Globe, with the one closest to Globe listed first.
    • Lindsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bakerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Marshfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hewitt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Pittsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
      • Pittsville is located in Wood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people

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

Cemeteries Near Globe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Globe.

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 Globe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Weston Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Side Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Pine Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Pine Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Pine Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seif Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seif Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seif Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Willard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Neillsville City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • York Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Columbia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Columbia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (120 more) ...
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Loyal City Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loyal City Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loyal City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Windfall Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Globe had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Christie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
    • Christie is located in Clark County
  • Neillsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
    • Neillsville is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
  • Greenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Loyal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
    • Loyal is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
  • Granton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Spokeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Shortville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shortville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortville
    • Shortville is located in Clark County
  • Lynn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Lynn is located in Clark County
  • Fairchild
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairchild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
    • Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
  • Humbird
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Veefkind
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Veefkind. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
    • Veefkind is located in Clark County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Veefkind
    • From Globe to Veefkind
  • Merrillan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
    • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hatfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Longwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
      • Longwood is located in Clark County
    • Waterbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
      • Waterbury is located in Jackson County

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

Newspapers Published in Globe ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Globe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Globe, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Globe.

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 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 Globe:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Globe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clark County: www.co.clark.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>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.
<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 Globe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Globe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Globe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6544, Longitude: -90.6595       In this case, the coordinates for Globe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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