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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Little Eau Claire is located in Marathon 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 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) - Ringle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Hatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Kronenwetter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Elderon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Rothschild
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothschild have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Galloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Ashley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Norrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Mosinee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Schofield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Antigo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Lincoln County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Alban
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Ellis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Polonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Garfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Custer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Park Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Nelsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Amherst Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Wittenberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Birnamwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Birnamwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Tigerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Aniwa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Split Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Regina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Almon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Bowler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Mattoon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Leopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- 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) - Granite City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Iola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Scandinavia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Cobb Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Ogdensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Blenker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Rudolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Sherry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Biron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Auburndale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburndale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
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.
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 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Saviors Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Saviors Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Peacefull Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peacefull Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peacefull Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evergreen Rest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Francis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Eland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Francis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forestville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forestville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forestville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Knowlton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Francis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Adalbert Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #769005 <3>
- Continue List (115 more) ...
- Mosinee Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mosinee Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88470 <3>
- Forest Home Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mosinee 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 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) - Pike Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Shantytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shantytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
- Shantytown is located in Marathon County
- Callon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Hatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Elderon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Norrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Mosinee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Knowlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Eland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Schofield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Alban
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wausau Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wausau Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau Junction
- Wausau Junction is located in Marathon County
- Dancy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Ellis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Wausau Junction
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]<5>. 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 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 Little Eau Claire:
- 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 Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lincoln County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano 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
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Marathon 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 Little Eau Claire. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marathon County: www.co.marathon.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Little Eau Claire, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Eau Claire) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Eau Claire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7864, Longitude: -89.4476 In this case, the coordinates for Little Eau Claire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |