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 Longwood (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 Longwood. 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 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.
Longwood is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Taylor & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Longwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longwood:
- Clark County (The home county of Longwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Owen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Withee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Atwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Reseburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Curtiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Riplinger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riplinger is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Thorp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thorp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Loyal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loyal is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Colby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Colby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
- Abbotsford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Stanley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stanley is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Boyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Cadott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Drywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Eau Claire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Fairchild
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Hay Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Milan is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- McMillan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McMillan is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Stratford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stratford is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Fenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fenwood is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Wien
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wien is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wien
- Rozellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Poniatowski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Poniatowski is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poniatowski
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Lublin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lublin is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Bellinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellinger is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellinger
- Stetsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Polley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Perkinstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Medford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Gilman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hughey is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Bakerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Marshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Lindsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Hewitt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longwood, see our County-by-County Page for Longwood.
Cemeteries Near Longwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longwood.
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 Longwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Longwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nazareth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beaver Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Grove Cemetery
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215127 <2>
- Curtiss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Trinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Hedwig Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Longwood had a population of 93 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
- Withee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Lombard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lombard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Curtiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Loyal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loyal is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Thorp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thorp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Colby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Colby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
- Spokeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Abbotsford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Eidsvold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Dorchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Globe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Christie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Christie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Veefkind
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Veefkind is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longwood.
Newspapers Published in Longwood ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longwood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longwood.
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 Longwood:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Eau Claire County
- Marathon County
- Taylor County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Longwood) 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 Longwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |