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 Heffron (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 Heffron. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Heffron is primarily located in Portage County. A portion of Heffron extends into Waushara 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 Portage County: Adams, Marathon, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Heffron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heffron:
- Portage County (The home county of Heffron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Nelsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Custer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Plover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Garfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Park Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Ellis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Leola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Big Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Neshkoro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Germania
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Westfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Rural
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Cobb Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - King
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Sheridan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Waupaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Scandinavia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Weyauwega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Baldwins Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Ogdensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Iola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Fremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Wild Rose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Plainfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Mount Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Wautoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Pine River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Silver Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Hancock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - West Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Lohrville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Redgranite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Poy Sippi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Coloma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Orihula
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Zittau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Winneconne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winneconne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Lake Wazeecha
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wazeecha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Grand Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Rapids. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Biron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Wisconsin Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Port Edwards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Nekoosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Rudolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heffron, see our County-by-County Page for Heffron.
Cemeteries Near Heffron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heffron.
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 Heffron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Bohemian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bohemian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bohemian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dopp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dopp Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dopp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Staples Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Staples Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Staples Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Springwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springwater Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East German Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East German Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lord Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Garesalem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garesalem Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garesalem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oasis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oasis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oasis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- North Almond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Almond Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Almond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Pleasant 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.<3>
While we didn't find Heffron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heffron.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heffron, with the one closest to Heffron listed first.
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Wild Rose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Rural
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Plainfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Mount Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- 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.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Sheridan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Keene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Bancroft
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Pine River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Hancock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waupaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Fancher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Waupaca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heffron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heffron.
Newspapers Published in Heffron ...
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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heffron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heffron, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heffron.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Heffron:
- 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 Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca 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
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Portage County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Heffron. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Portage County: www.co.portage.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Heffron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Heffron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heffron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2436, Longitude: -89.3062 In this case, the coordinates for Heffron have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |