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 Suamico (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 Suamico. 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 doctors and 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 Suamico 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 Little Suamico. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Suamico:
- Oconto County (The home county of Little Suamico)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Chase
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Pensaukee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Oconto Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Krakow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Oconto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Spruce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Gillett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hickory Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Frostville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Suring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Suamico
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Flintville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Benderville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Duck Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Bay Settlement
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Wequiock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Dyckesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Green Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Pittsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Preble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Allouez
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Namur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Rosiere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Little Sturgeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Forestville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Idlewild
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Duvall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Luxemburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Euren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Casco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Gregorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Pilsen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Ellisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Krok
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Krok is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
- Stangelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Curran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Curran is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Algoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Bolt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Kewaunee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Manitowoc County
- Hickory Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Coleman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Peshtigo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Chicago Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Seymour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Nichols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Black Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Leeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Laney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Rose Lawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Frazer Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Zachow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Pulcifer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Bonduel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Briarton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Slab City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cecil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Lunds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Shawano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Suamico, see our County-by-County Page for Little Suamico.
Cemeteries Near Little Suamico ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Suamico.
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 Suamico - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Suamico covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Grosse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Pittsfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chase Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chase Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> to the east of Krakow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274901 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Polish National Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kunesh Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Center Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Howard Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Little Suamico had a population of 111 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Suamico, with the one closest to Little Suamico listed first.
- Abrams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abrams is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abrams
- Suamico
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Tremble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tremble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble
- Brookside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brookside is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Flintville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Chase
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Pensaukee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stiles is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Cormier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cormier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormier
- Duck Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bay Settlement
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Wequiock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Oconto Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Suamico. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Suamico.
Newspapers Published in Little Suamico ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Suamico.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Suamico, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Suamico.
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 websites either 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 Suamico:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Oconto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Manitowoc County
- Marinette County
- Menominee County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Suamico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Suamico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |