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 Greenwyck (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 Greenwyck. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Greenwyck is located in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Greenwyck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwyck:
- Green Lake County (The home county of Greenwyck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Green Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Markesan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Marquette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Utley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Friesland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Cambria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Pardeeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Englewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Wyocena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Doylestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Rio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Fall River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Otsego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Portage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Fox Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Randolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Waupun
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Atwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Beaver Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Burnett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Minnesota Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Kekoskee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Knowles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Horicon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Juneau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Fairwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Metomen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Ripon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- West Rosendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Ladoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Rosendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Eldorado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Woodhull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Oakfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- North Fond du Lac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Fond du Lac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Germania
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Montello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Glen Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Packwaukee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Endeavor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Westfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Douglas Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Lohrville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Redgranite
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Wautoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Mount Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Poy Sippi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Wild Rose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- West Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Coloma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coloma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Pickett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Fisk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Omro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Fitzgerald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Harbor Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Black Wolf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Winneconne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Stony Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Point Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Oshkosh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Orihula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwyck, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwyck.
Cemeteries Near Greenwyck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwyck.
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 Greenwyck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwyck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Weiser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Phelps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Lake Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tichora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dartford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Princeton City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Princeton.
- The Princeton City Cemetery has also been known as:
- City of Princeton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161226 <1>
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 Greenwyck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwyck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwyck, with the one closest to Greenwyck listed first.
- Markesan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Marquette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Utley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Fairwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Ripon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Alto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Rush Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Germania
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Montello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- West Rosendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwyck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwyck.
Newspapers Published in Greenwyck ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwyck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwyck, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwyck.
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 Greenwyck:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Marquette County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago 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 Greenwyck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Greenwyck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |