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 Jericho (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 Jericho. 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 and hospitals 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.
Jericho is located in Calumet 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 Calumet County: Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Jericho. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jericho:
- Calumet County (The home county of Jericho)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Brothertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
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- Quinney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Chilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Stockbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Brant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- New Holstein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Hayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Potter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Saint John
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Sherwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Brillion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Askeaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Greenleaf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Wrightstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Wayside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Sniderville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Morrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Lark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Brownsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Lomira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Knowles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Garnet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Calumetville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Johnsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Malone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Calvary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Gladstone Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Mount Calvary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Linden Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Minawa Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Saint Cloud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Peebles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peebles is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles
- Banner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Dotyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dotyville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Kiel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- Rockville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Steinthal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
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- Louis Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- Millhome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collins is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Saint Nazianz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- School Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
- Valders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Valders is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valders
- Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
- Reedsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Spring Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Clarks Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Grimms
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grimms is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Combined Locks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Apple Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
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- Medina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Freedom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
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- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Elkhart Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Glenbeulah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Rhine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhine is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
- Plymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Johnsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Howards Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Cascade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Waldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Adell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Sheboygan Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
- Kohler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Ourtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ourtown is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ourtown
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Point Comfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Black Wolf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Stony Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Oshkosh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Adella Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Neenah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Fitzgerald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
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- Menasha
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Allenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Fisk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fox Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Harbor Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jericho, see our County-by-County Page for Jericho.
Cemeteries Near Jericho ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jericho.
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 Jericho - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jericho covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morrill Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rothmann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dick Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pingel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- Lakeside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<1>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Jericho had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
- Calumetville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Brothertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Charlesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Charlesburg is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesburg
- Calumet Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Calumet Harbor is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Harbor
- Marytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marytown is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marytown
- Johnsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Chilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Malone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Stockbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Gravesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gravesville is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Brant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Calvary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saint Anna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anna
- New Holstein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Hayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jericho. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jericho.
Newspapers Published in Jericho ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jericho.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jericho, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jericho.
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 Jericho:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Calumet County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Manitowoc County
- Outagamie County
- Sheboygan County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jericho, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jericho) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |