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 Grand View (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 Grand View. 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 Grand View ...
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 Grand View: Grand Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grand View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand View.
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 northeast 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 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.
Grand View is located in Bayfield 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 Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Grand View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand View:
- Bayfield County (The home county of Grand View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sutherland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Benoit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Moquah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Cable
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Washburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Marengo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- White River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- High Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Mellen
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Odanah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Glidden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Douglas County
- Lake Nebagamon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Iron County
- Cedar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Seeley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Phipps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Hayward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Little Round Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand View, see our County-by-County Page for Grand View.
Cemeteries Near Grand View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand View.
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 Grand View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Mason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Birch Lake Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pike River Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. Anne Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- City Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Grand View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grand View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Drummond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Pike River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Benoit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Sanborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Ino
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Cable
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Marengo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Moquah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Ashland Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Junction
- White River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Topside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- High Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Iron River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand View.
Newspapers Published in Grand View ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand View, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grand View.
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 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 Grand View:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Bayfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Douglas County
- Iron County
- Sawyer County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Grand View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grand View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |