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 Mattoon (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 Mattoon. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Mattoon is located in Shawano County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.
Below are the counties that are near Mattoon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mattoon:
- Shawano County (The home county of Mattoon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Almon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Regina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Aniwa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Birnamwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birnamwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Bowler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Eland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Wittenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Middle Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Gresham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Tigerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Leopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Split Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Shawano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Phlox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Antigo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Bryant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Deerbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- White Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Kempster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Freeman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Elcho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Post Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Dudley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Gleason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Norrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Hatley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Elderon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Glandon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
- Glandon is located in Marathon County
- Sunset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Galloway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Nutterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Weston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Schofield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Brokaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Kronenwetter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Rothschild
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothschild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Wausau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Zoar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Neopit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Keshena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Breed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Alban
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Big Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Embarrass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Clintonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mattoon, see our County-by-County Page for Mattoon.
Newspapers Published in Mattoon ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mattoon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mattoon, 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 Mattoon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mattoon:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lincoln County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
Cemeteries Near Mattoon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mattoon.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mattoon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Holy Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Norwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwood Cemetery
- Leiskau Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leiskau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leiskau Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St. Paulus Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Town Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Town Cemetery
- Hall Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Pioneer Cemetery
- Rolling Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rolling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rolling Cemetery
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartelme Town Cemetery
- Bowler Community Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180760 <4>
- Forest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Cemetery
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthonys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
- St. Philomene Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philomene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philomene Cemetery
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Mattoon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mattoon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mattoon, with the one closest to Mattoon listed first.
- Phlox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Regina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Elmhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Aniwa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Birnamwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birnamwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Antigo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Eland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Hogarty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Norrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Wittenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Elton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Bryant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Whitcomb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Hatley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Deerbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Whitcomb
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mattoon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mattoon.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mattoon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shawano County: www.co.shawano.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | 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- Mattoon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mattoon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0047, Longitude: -89.0429 In this case, the coordinates for Mattoon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mattoon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |