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 Hunting (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 Hunting. 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.

Hunting is located in Shawano 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.

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

Shawano County (The home county of Hunting)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunting, with the one closest to Hunting listed first.
- Split Rock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  - Split Rock is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Tigerton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  - Tigerton is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Leopolis
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  - Leopolis is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Pella
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Pella is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Bowler
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  - Bowler is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Wittenberg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Regina
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  - Regina is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Gresham
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Gresham is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Belle Plaine
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  - Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Almon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  - Almon is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Eland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Eland is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Shawano
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  - Shawano is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
Langlade County
- Phlox
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  - Phlox is located in Langlade County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunting, with the one closest to Hunting listed first.
- Galloway
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  - Galloway is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Elderon is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Norrie
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  - Norrie is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Pike Lake
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Hatley
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Hatley is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Ringle
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  - Ringle is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunting, with the one closest to Hunting listed first.
- Neopit
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  - Neopit is located in Menominee County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Keshena
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  - Keshena is located in Menominee County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Zoar
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  - Zoar is located in Menominee County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Legend Lake
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  - Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunting, with the one closest to Hunting listed first.
- Bear Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Leeman
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  - Leeman is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shiocton
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Nichols
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  - Nichols is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Black Creek
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Hortonville
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunting, with the one closest to Hunting listed first.
- Alban
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  - Alban is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Rosholt
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  - Rosholt is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Garfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Garfield is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Nelsonville
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  - Nelsonville is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst Junction
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Amherst
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Amherst is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  - Lake Emily is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Polonia
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  - Polonia is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Ellis
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  - Ellis is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Custer
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  - Custer is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Torun
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  - Torun is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Arnott
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  - Arnott is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunting, with the one closest to Hunting listed first.
- Granite City ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  - Granite City is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Marion
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  - Marion is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Big Falls
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Clintonville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  - Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  - Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Iola
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Iola is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Manawa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  - Manawa is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Ogdensburg
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  - Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Scandinavia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  - Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Baldwins Mill
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  - Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Ostrander
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  - Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander

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

Cemeteries Near Hunting ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunting.

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

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

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

St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> to the west of Marion.
- The St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88986 <2>
Roseland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Cemetery
St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184901 <2>
Greenleaf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf Cemetery
Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
Big Falls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls Cemetery
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwegian Luthern Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185220 <2>
Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<1> to the south of Pella.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185033 <2>
St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88991 <2>
Continue List (150 more) ...
- Seneca Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Cemetery
- Marble Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cemetery
- Danish Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hunting had a post office and railroad service.

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

Split Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
Big Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
Caroline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
Tigerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
Buckbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
Leopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
Marble ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
Pella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
Whitcomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitcomb is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb
Clintonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
Symco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nicholson
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Northland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  - Northland is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland
- Embarrass
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  - Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people

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

Newspapers Published in Hunting ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunting.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunting, 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 Hunting.

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 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 Hunting:

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 Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee 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
- Waupaca County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails

Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hunting) 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 Hunting, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.