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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 Henrysville (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 Henrysville. 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 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.

Henrysville is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie & Shawano.

Below are the counties that are near Henrysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Henrysville:

  • Brown County     (The home county of Henrysville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Poland
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Poland is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
    • Sugar Bush
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
    • Fontenoy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Fontenoy is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
    • Pine Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Pine Grove is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Denmark
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Denmark is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
    • Bellevue
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bellevue is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
    • Glenmore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenmore is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Bellevue Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Bellevue Town is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Town
    • Bay Settlement
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
    • Wequiock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wequiock is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
    • Preble
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Preble is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
    • Allouez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Allouez is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Brillion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Brillion is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
    • Forest Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
    • Dundas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dundas is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
    • Kaukauna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
    • Hilbert
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hilbert is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Potter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
    • Saint John
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint John is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
    • Sherwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
  • Door County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Rosiere
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosiere is located in Door County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
    • Namur
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Namur is located in Door County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
    • Brussels
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Brussels is located in Door County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
    • Forestville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Forestville is located in Door County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
    • Little Sturgeon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
    • Salona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Salona is located in Door County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
  • Kewaunee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Pilsen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
    • Ellisville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
    • Stangelville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
    • Curran
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Curran is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
    • Krok
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Krok is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
    • Luxemburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
    • Bolt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
    • Casco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Casco is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
    • Kewaunee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
    • Duvall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
    • Euren
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Euren is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
    • Gregorville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
  • Manitowoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Zander
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Zander is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
    • Hickory Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Maribel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
    • Rosecrans
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
    • Tisch Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
    • Larrabee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
    • Melnik
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
    • Fisherville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Fisherville is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
    • Kellnersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Kellnersville is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellnersville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
    • Menchalville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Menchalville is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menchalville
    • Mishicot
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mishicot is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishicot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Kingsbridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
  • Oconto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Pensaukee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
    • Chase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Chase is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
    • Oconto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Oconto is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Chicago Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
    • Freedom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Freedom is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
    • Seymour
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Combined Locks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
    • Little Chute
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
    • Kimberly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
    • Apple Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrysville, with the one closest to Henrysville listed first.
    • Laney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Laney is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
    • Rose Lawn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn

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

Cemeteries Near Henrysville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henrysville.

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 Henrysville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Anna Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pilsen.
    • The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Therese Parish Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2334211 <1>
  • St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Huberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Humboldt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lilly Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Eastside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (205 more) ...
    • Zion Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Montpelier Twp. Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Polish Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Henrysville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Poland
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Poland is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Pilsen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
  • Pine Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Grove is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Fontenoy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fontenoy is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
  • Stangelville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
  • Ellisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
  • Denmark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Denmark is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
  • New Franken
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • New Franken is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franken
  • Curran
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Curran is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
  • Krok
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Krok is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
  • Luxemburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
  • Walhain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Walhain is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhain
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Glenmore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenmore is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Bolt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
    • Kolb
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Kolb is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolb

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

Newspapers Published in Henrysville ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henrysville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henrysville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Henrysville.

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 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 Henrysville:

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 Henrysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Henrysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.