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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Granite Quarry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Granite Quarry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Granite Quarry, please Contact Us.

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 Granite Quarry (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 Granite Quarry. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Granite Quarry is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Granite Quarry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Granite Quarry:

  • Waupaca County     (The home county of Granite Quarry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • Ogdensburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Scandinavia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
    • Waupaca
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Baldwins Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
    • Iola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Iola is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • King
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • King is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Sheridan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Manawa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • Cobb Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
    • Rural
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rural is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Weyauwega
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • Galloway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Galloway is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
    • Elderon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • Bear Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Hortonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
    • Medina
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Medina is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
    • Shiocton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Leeman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Leeman is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
    • Black Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • Amherst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Amherst is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
    • Amherst Junction
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
    • Nelsonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Nelsonville is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lake Emily is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
    • Garfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Garfield is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Blaine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Blaine is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Alban
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Alban is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
    • Rosholt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosholt is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
    • Arnott
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Arnott is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
    • Custer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Custer is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Almond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Almond is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Polonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Polonia is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • Split Rock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
    • Tigerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
    • Pella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pella is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Leopolis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
    • Wittenberg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
    • Belle Plaine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • West Bloomfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Saxeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Saxeville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
    • Pine River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Pine River is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Wild Rose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
    • Poy Sippi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
    • Mount Morris
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
    • Redgranite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
    • Plainfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • Lohrville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Silver Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Wautoma
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Hancock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hancock is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Winnebago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Quarry, with the one closest to Granite Quarry listed first.
    • Orihula
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Orihula is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
    • Zittau
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Zittau is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
    • Medina Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
    • Winneconne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
    • Allenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Allenville is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
    • Harbor Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
    • Omro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Omro is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people

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

Cemeteries Near Granite Quarry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Granite Quarry.

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 Granite Quarry - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ogdensburg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Butternut Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Baldwins Mill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Scandinavia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in King.
    • The Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219112 <2>
  • Iola Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lola Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (191 more) ...

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.

While we didn't find Granite Quarry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Granite Quarry.

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

  • Ogdensburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Waupaca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Scandinavia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
  • Baldwins Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
  • Sheridan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Iola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Manawa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Rural
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rural is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
  • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
  • Royalton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Royalton is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
  • Symco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Symco is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
  • Amherst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Amherst is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Hatton ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hatton is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Ostrander
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
    • New Hope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope

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

Newspapers Published in Granite Quarry ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Granite Quarry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Granite Quarry, 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 Granite Quarry.

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 Granite Quarry:

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 Granite Quarry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Granite Quarry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.