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 Manitowish Waters (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 Manitowish Waters. 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.
Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas 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 Vilas County: Gogebic (MI), Iron (MI), Forest, Iron, Oneida & Price.
Below are the counties that are near Manitowish Waters. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manitowish Waters:
- Vilas County (The home county of Manitowish Waters)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manitowish Waters, with the one closest to Manitowish Waters listed first.
- Katinka Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
- Lac du Flambeau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
- Sayner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sayner is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayner
- Saint Germain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Germain is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Germain
- Former names for Saint Germain:
- Farmington
- Lakewood
- Conover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Conover is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Ashland County
- Butternut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manitowish Waters, with the one closest to Manitowish Waters listed first.
- Manitowish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Manitowish is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
- Gile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gile is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
- Hurley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Montreal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montreal is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manitowish Waters, with the one closest to Manitowish Waters listed first.
- Woodruff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Hazelhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Price County
- Park Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Gogebic County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manitowish Waters, with the one closest to Manitowish Waters listed first.
- Hartley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- Marenisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Wakefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gogebic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gogebic is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
- Bessemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ironwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thomaston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Hillcrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Connorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Connorville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manitowish Waters, see our County-by-County Page for Manitowish Waters.
Cemeteries Near Manitowish Waters ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manitowish Waters.
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 Manitowish Waters - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manitowish Waters covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manitowish Waters, with the one closest to Manitowish Waters listed first.
- Winchester Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mercer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Presque Isle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pines Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Woodruff.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145393 <2>
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Woodruff.
- The St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236117 <2>
- Forest Garden Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Lake Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marenisco Twp. Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- St. Germain Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 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>
While we didn't find Manitowish Waters in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manitowish Waters.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manitowish Waters, with the one closest to Manitowish Waters listed first.
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Wellington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wellington is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Woodruff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Hartley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- Minocqua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Minocqua is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minocqua
- Ramsay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Hazelhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Wakefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bessemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Jessieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jessieville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
- Thayer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thayer is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Siemens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Siemens is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
- Ironwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hurley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Thomaston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manitowish Waters. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manitowish Waters.
Newspapers Published in Manitowish Waters ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manitowish Waters.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manitowish Waters, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manitowish Waters.
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 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 Manitowish Waters:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Vilas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Iron County
- Oneida County
- Price County
- Gogebic County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Manitowish Waters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Manitowish Waters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |