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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 Jersey City (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 Jersey City. 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 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.

Jersey City is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Langlade, Marathon, Oneida, Price & Taylor.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Jersey City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jersey City, with the one closest to Jersey City listed first.
    • Tomahawk
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
    • Irma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Irma is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
    • Harrison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Jeffris
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
    • Dudley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dudley is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
    • Gleason
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gleason is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
    • Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
    • Merrill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
  • Langlade County
    • Elcho
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Elcho is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jersey City, with the one closest to Jersey City listed first.
    • Emmerich
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Emmerich is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerich
    • Hamburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hamburg is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Naugart
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Naugart is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugart
    • Taegesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Taegesville is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taegesville
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jersey City, with the one closest to Jersey City listed first.
    • Harshaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
    • Newbold
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Newbold is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
    • Rhinelander
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
    • Hazelhurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
    • Pelican Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
    • Woodruff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
    • Monico
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Monico is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
    • Sugar Camp
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
  • Price County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jersey City, with the one closest to Jersey City listed first.
    • Prentice
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Prentice is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
    • Worcester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Worcester is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jersey City, with the one closest to Jersey City listed first.
    • Interwald
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Interwald is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
    • Rib Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
    • Westboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Westboro is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
    • Chelsea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chelsea is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea

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

Cemeteries Near Jersey City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jersey City.

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 Jersey City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Prairie Rapids Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Woodboro Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Somo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Luther Memorial Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Gleason Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...
    • Parrish Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Knox Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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>

While we didn't find Jersey City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jersey City.

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

  • Tomahawk
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Bradley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bradley is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Gilbert
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Heafford Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
  • Manson ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Manson is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
  • McCord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • McCord is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
  • Irma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Irma is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
  • Harshaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
  • Jeffris
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
  • Goodnow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Goodnow is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
  • Bloomville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomville
  • Dudley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dudley is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Newbold
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Newbold is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
    • Brantwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Brantwood is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantwood
    • Rhinelander
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people

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

Newspapers Published in Jersey City ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jersey City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jersey City, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jersey City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Jersey City:

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 Jersey City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Jersey City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.