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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 doctors and 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 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Scandinavia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Waupaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Baldwins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwins Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Iola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - King
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Sheridan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Manawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Cobb Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Rural
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Weyauwega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Elderon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Hortonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Shiocton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Leeman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Black Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- 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
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Nelsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lake Emily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Garfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Alban
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Arnott
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Custer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Almond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Polonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Tigerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Pella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Leopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Wittenberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Saxeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Pine River
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Wild Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Poy Sippi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Mount Morris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Morris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Redgranite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Lohrville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Silver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Wautoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Zittau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Medina Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Medina Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Winneconne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winneconne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Allenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Harbor Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harbor Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Omro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- 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.
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 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ogdensburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ogdensburg Cemetery
- The Ogdensburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88638 <4>
- Butternut Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butternut Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butternut Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baldwins Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwins Mill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baldwins Mill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scandinavia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandinavia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandinavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmington Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <4>
- Iola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iola Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lola Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Little Wolf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Wolf Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Wolf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Barton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219095 <4>
- Waupaca County Poor Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waupaca County Poor Farm Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waupaca County Poor Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Little Wolf 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.
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Waupaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Scandinavia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Baldwins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwins Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Sheridan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Iola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Manawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Rural
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Royalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Symco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hatton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Ostrander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- New Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton ‑ Historic
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]<5>. 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 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:
- 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 Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marathon 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
- Portage 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
- Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waupaca County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Waupaca County: www.co.waupaca.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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 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> | 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. |
| <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> | 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- Granite Quarry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granite Quarry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4172, Longitude: -89.0679 In this case, the coordinates for Granite Quarry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |