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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 Round Lake (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 Round Lake. 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.

Name Variations for Little Round Lake ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Little Round Lake: Little Round Lk.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.

Below are the counties that are near Little Round Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Round Lake:

  • Sawyer County     (The home county of Little Round Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Round Lake, with the one closest to Little Round Lake listed first.
    • Chief Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
    • Reserve
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Reserve is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
    • Hayward
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hayward is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
    • Phipps
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Phipps is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
    • New Post
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • New Post is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
    • Seeley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Seeley is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
    • Stone Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
    • Couderay
      (12 miles [19.3 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Radisson is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Winter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Winter is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Exeland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Exeland is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Bayfield County
    • Cable
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cable is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
  • Washburn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Round Lake, with the one closest to Little Round Lake listed first.
    • Earl
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Earl is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
    • Madge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Madge is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
    • Birchwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
    • Minong
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Minong is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Nobleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nobleton is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
    • Spooner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Spooner is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
    • Shell Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Round Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Little Round Lake.

Cemeteries Near Little Round Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Round Lake.

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 Round Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Round Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Round Lake, with the one closest to Little Round Lake listed first.

  • Round Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Radisson Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Bellile Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Earl Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Earl Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Earl.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975084 <1>
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Mennonite Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

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 Round Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Round Lake.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Round Lake, with the one closest to Little Round Lake listed first.

  • Reserve
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Reserve is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
  • Hayward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hayward is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
  • Phipps
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Phipps is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
  • Cable
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cable is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
  • Minong
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Minong is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
  • Spooner
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Spooner is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
  • Nobleton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nobleton is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
  • Drummond
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Drummond is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Round Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Round Lake.

Newspapers Published in Little Round Lake ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Round Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Round Lake, 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 Round Lake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Little Round Lake:

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 Round Lake, 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 from Point A (ie- Little Round Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.