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 Leonards (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 Leonards. 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 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.
Leonards is located in Bayfield 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 Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Leonards. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leonards:
- Bayfield County (The home county of Leonards)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leonards, with the one closest to Leonards listed first.
- Cable
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Sutherland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Mason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Benoit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Moquah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Ashland County
- Marengo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leonards, with the one closest to Leonards listed first.
- Solon Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Sauntry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Lake Nebagamon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leonards, with the one closest to Leonards listed first.
- Seeley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Phipps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Hayward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Little Round Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Chief Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- New Post
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Reserve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Stone Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Couderay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Radisson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Winter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leonards, with the one closest to Leonards listed first.
- Minong
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Earl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leonards, see our County-by-County Page for Leonards.
Cemeteries Near Leonards ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leonards.
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 Leonards - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leonards covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leonards, with the one closest to Leonards listed first.
- St. Anne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Round Lake Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Birch Lake Church Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike River Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moe Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mason Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Barnes Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
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 Leonards in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leonards.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leonards, with the one closest to Leonards listed first.
- Cable
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Phipps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Drummond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Hayward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Reserve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Pike River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Mason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Minong
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Benoit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Ino
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Topside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Sanborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Sauntry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Iron River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
- Muskeg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leonards. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leonards.
Newspapers Published in Leonards ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leonards.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leonards, 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 Leonards.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Leonards:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Bayfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Douglas County
- Sawyer County
- Washburn 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 Leonards, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leonards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |