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 Hay Stack Corner (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 Hay Stack Corner. 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 Hay Stack Corner ...
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 Hay Stack Corner: Hay Stack Cor. (or less commonly used: Hay Stack Crn.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Hay Stack Corner is located in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Hay Stack Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hay Stack Corner:
- Sawyer County (The home county of Hay Stack Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Stack Corner, with the one closest to Hay Stack Corner listed first.
- Winter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Exeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Radisson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Couderay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- New Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Chief Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Reserve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Stack Corner, with the one closest to Hay Stack Corner listed first.
- Kennan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Catawba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Lugerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Kennedy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Phillips
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Fifield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Worcester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Park Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Prentice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Stack Corner, with the one closest to Hay Stack Corner listed first.
- Glen Flora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ingram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Hawkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Tony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Ladysmith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Conrath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Port Arthur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Sheldon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sheldon is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Apollonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Weyerhaeuser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hay Stack Corner, with the one closest to Hay Stack Corner listed first.
- Jump River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hay Stack Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Hay Stack Corner.
Cemeteries Near Hay Stack Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hay Stack Corner.
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 Hay Stack Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hay Stack Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hay Stack Corner, with the one closest to Hay Stack Corner listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swedish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glenview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ingram Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tony Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winter Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<1> to the northeast of Ladysmith.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Cemetery
- Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88824 <2>
- South Lawrence Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kennan Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- Loretta Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bellile Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Exeland Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Hay Stack Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hay Stack Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hay Stack Corner, with the one closest to Hay Stack Corner listed first.
- Kennan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Catawba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Phillips
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coolidge is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Fifield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Worcester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Park Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Reserve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hay Stack Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hay Stack Corner.
Newspapers Published in Hay Stack Corner ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hay Stack Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hay Stack Corner, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hay Stack Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Hay Stack Corner:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sawyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Price County
- Rusk County
- Taylor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hay Stack Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Hay Stack Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |