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 Manawa (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 Manawa. 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.
Manawa is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Manawa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manawa:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Manawa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Baldwins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Ogdensburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Ostrander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Weyauwega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- New London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Waupaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Iola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Big Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Gills Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Scandinavia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Clintonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Galloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Bear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Shiocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Hortonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Leeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Black Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Apple Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Appleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Amherst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Garfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Nelsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Alban
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Rosholt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Blaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Arnott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Custer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Polonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Almond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Ellis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Split Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Pella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Tigerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Leopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Belle Plaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Lunds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Briarton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Shawano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Bowler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Gresham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Wittenberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Almon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Saxeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Pine River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Poy Sippi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Wild Rose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Mount Morris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Lohrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Redgranite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Orihula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Fox Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Winneconne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Allenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Harbor Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Menasha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Omro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Reighmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manawa, see our County-by-County Page for Manawa.
Cemeteries Near Manawa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manawa.
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 Manawa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manawa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Little Wolf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Waupaca County Poor Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baldwins Mill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ogdensburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hobart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Ostrander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ostrander - Northport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marble Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Manawa had a population of 350 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Manawa had a population of 1,269 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manawa, with the one closest to Manawa listed first.
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Symco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Baldwins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Ogdensburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Ostrander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Nicholson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Northport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Marble ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- New London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Sugar Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Waupaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Bear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Iola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manawa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manawa.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Manawa ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manawa.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Manawa. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Manawa and those printed in the larger area surrounding Manawa.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Manawa.
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 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 Manawa:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marathon County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago 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 Manawa, 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- Manawa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |