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 Little Eau Claire (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 Little Eau Claire. 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.
Little Eau Claire is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Little Eau Claire. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Eau Claire:
- Marathon County (The home county of Little Eau Claire)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Pike Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Ringle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Hatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Kronenwetter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
- Elderon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Rothschild
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Galloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Ashley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Norrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Mosinee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Schofield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Phlox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Antigo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Lincoln County
- Merrill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Torun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Rosholt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Alban
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Ellis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Polonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Garfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Custer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Park Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Stevens Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Nelsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Amherst Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Eland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Wittenberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Birnamwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Tigerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Aniwa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Split Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Regina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Regina is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Almon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Bowler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Mattoon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mattoon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Leopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Big Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Iola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Scandinavia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Cobb Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Ogdensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Milladore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Blenker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Rudolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Sherry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Biron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Auburndale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Eau Claire, see our County-by-County Page for Little Eau Claire.
Cemeteries Near Little Eau Claire ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Eau Claire.
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 Little Eau Claire - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Eau Claire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Our Saviors Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peacefull Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Rest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forestville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Knowlton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (114 more) ...
- Mosinee Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Little Eau Claire in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Eau Claire.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Eau Claire, with the one closest to Little Eau Claire listed first.
- Bevent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bevent is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevent
- Pike Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Shantytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shantytown is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
- Callon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Callon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callon
- Hatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Elderon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Norrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Mosinee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Knowlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knowlton is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Eland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Schofield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Alban
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wausau Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wausau Junction is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau Junction
- Dancy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dancy is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy
- Ellis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Eau Claire. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Eau Claire.
Newspapers Published in Little Eau Claire ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Eau Claire.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Eau Claire, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Eau Claire.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Little Eau Claire:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Marathon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Lincoln County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Wood 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 Little Eau Claire, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Eau Claire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |