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 Lakewood (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 Lakewood. 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 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.
Lakewood is located in Oconto 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 Oconto County: Brown, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Lakewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakewood:
- Oconto County (The home county of Lakewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Townsend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Armstrong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Breed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Breed is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
- Suring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Frostville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Hickory Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Spruce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Gillett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Padus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Padus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
- Laona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Laona is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Mole Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Crandon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Langlade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Langlade is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
- White Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Lily
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Bryant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Post Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Phlox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Neva Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Athelstane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Athelstane is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstane
- Crivitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crivitz is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crivitz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Sweetheart City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sweetheart City is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetheart City
- Pound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Wausaukee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wausaukee is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Coleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Dunbar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbar is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Neopit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neopit is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Zoar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Legend Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Keshena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Oneida County
- Jennings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Shawano County
- Middle Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakewood, see our County-by-County Page for Lakewood.
Cemeteries Near Lakewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakewood.
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 Lakewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Forest Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Home Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Townsend.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87959 <1>
- Lakeview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Langlade Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Langlade Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Langlade.
- The Langlade Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wolf River Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1558148 <1>
- St. Ambrose Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lily Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Cemetery
- The Lily Cemetery has also been known as:
- Langlade Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88338 <1>
- Brown Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (50 more) ...
- Brazeau Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laona Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sherry Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Lakewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Breed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Breed is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
- Lily
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Elton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Hayes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hayes is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
- Cavour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cavour is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
- Armstrong Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Armstrong Creek is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Creek
- Bryant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Crivitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crivitz is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crivitz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Middle Inlet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Middle Inlet is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Inlet
- Crandon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Beaver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Coleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood.
Newspapers Published in Lakewood ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakewood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakewood.
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 Lakewood:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Oconto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forest County
- Langlade County
- Marinette County
- Menominee County
- Oneida County
- Shawano County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Lakewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Lakewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |