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 Junction 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 Junction 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Junction City is located in Portage 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 Junction City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Junction City:
- Portage County (The home county of Junction City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- Park Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Stevens Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Torun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Whiting
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Plover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Ellis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Custer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Polonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- 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
- Rosholt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Alban
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Amherst Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- 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
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Leola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- Chili
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Veefkind
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- Ashley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Moon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Moon is located in Marathon County
- Mosinee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Rangeline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Rozellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Evergreen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Kronenwetter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Stratford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Rothschild
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothschild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Rib Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rib Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain
- Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
- Fenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - McMillan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Marathon City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marathon City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Plainfield
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- Milladore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Rudolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Blenker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Sherry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Biron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Eight Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Auburndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburndale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Arpin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Wisconsin Rapids
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Grand Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- 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
- Lake Wazeecha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- 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
- Hewitt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Junction City, see our County-by-County Page for Junction City.
Cemeteries Near Junction City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Junction 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.
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 Junction City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- St. Michael Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Michael's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89124 <3>
- Runkle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Runkle Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Runkle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Milladore Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milladore Union Cemetery
- The Milladore Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Union Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89438 <3>
- St. Philomena Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philomena Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philomena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Knowlton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knowlton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knowlton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Reformed Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reformed Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reformed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Rosary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (113 more) ...
- St. Francis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Francis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Francis 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Junction City had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Junction City had a population of 439 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Junction City, with the one closest to Junction City listed first.
- Milladore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Rudolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Dancy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Blenker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Sherry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Knowlton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Stevens Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Vesper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Meehan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Auburndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburndale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Mosinee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Rangeline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Halder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Stockton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Ellis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Halder
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Junction City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Junction City.
Newspapers Published in Junction 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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Junction City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Junction City, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Junction City.
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 Junction City:
- 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
- Clark 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
- 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
- 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 Junction City. 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Junction City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Junction City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Junction City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5914, Longitude: -89.7662 In this case, the coordinates for Junction City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |