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 Kellner (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 Kellner. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kellner is primarily located in Portage County. A portion of Kellner extends into Wood 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 Kellner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kellner:
- Portage County (The home county of Kellner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- Plover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Whiting
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Stevens Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Park Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Arnott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Junction City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Almond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Custer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Blaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Ellis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Torun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Amherst Junction
(21 miles [33.8 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 Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Leola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Big Flats
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Strongs Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Adams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jackson County
- City Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for City Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- City Point
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- New Miner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Sprague
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Necedah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- Ashley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Moon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Moon is located in Marathon County
- Mosinee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Rangeline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Rozellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- Cobb Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- King
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Rural
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Scandinavia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- Plainfield
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Hancock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Coloma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Wild Rose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Wautoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- Lake Wazeecha
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- 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
- Grand Rapids
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Wisconsin Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Biron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Port Edwards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Nekoosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Rudolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Eight Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Milladore
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Sherry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Arpin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Blenker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kellner, see our County-by-County Page for Kellner.
Cemeteries Near Kellner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kellner.
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 Kellner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Restlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Restlawn Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342647 <3>
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Linwood Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linwood Union Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Linwood Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village of Port Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Green Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Branch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Maine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maine Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (137 more) ...
- St. Philomena Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- 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.
- Plover Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plover Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- 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.
- St. Philomena 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>
While we didn't find Kellner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kellner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kellner, with the one closest to Kellner listed first.
- Meehan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Port Edwards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Rudolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Bancroft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Keene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Walker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Stevens Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Vesper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Plainfield
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Arnott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Stockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Junction City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Almond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Milladore
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Junction City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kellner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kellner.
Newspapers Published in Kellner ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kellner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kellner, 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 Kellner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Kellner:
- 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
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau 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 Kellner. 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 Kellner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kellner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kellner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3589, Longitude: -89.7248 In this case, the coordinates for Kellner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |