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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 Medina (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 Medina. 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.

Medina is located in Outagamie 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 Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.

Below are the counties that are near Medina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Medina:

  • Outagamie County     (The home county of Medina)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
    • Hortonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Appleton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Shiocton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Apple Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Kimberly
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Little Chute
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Combined Locks
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Black Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Bear Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Freedom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Leeman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Nichols
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
    • Sniderville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Sniderville is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
    • Wrightstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Askeaton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Greenleaf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Oneida
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oneida is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Hobart
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hobart is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
    • Pittsfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsfield is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • De Pere
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
    • Kaukauna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sherwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
    • Harrison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dundas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Stockbridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Saint John
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Forest Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Quinney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilbert
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Brant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brothertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brillion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Brillion is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
    • Potter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Potter is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Green Lake County
    • Berlin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shawano County
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
    • New London
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Fremont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ostrander
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gills Landing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Weyauwega
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Baldwins Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Manawa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • Waupaca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Ogdensburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Clintonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
    • King
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rural
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Waushara County
  • Winnebago County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Medina, see our County-by-County Page for Medina.

Cemeteries Near Medina ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Medina.

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 Medina - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Medina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.

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 Medina had a population of 218 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.

  • Medina Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Dale is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Hortonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Larsen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Larsen is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larsen
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Readfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Readfield is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
  • Stephensville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Stephensville is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensville
  • Zittau
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Allenville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Orihula
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Neenah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Menasha
    (10 miles [16.1 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
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • New London
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Butte des Morts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Butte des Morts is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte des Morts
    • Snells
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Snells is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Medina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Medina.

Newspapers Published in Medina ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Medina.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Medina, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Medina.

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 Medina:

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 Medina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Medina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.