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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 Middle Village (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 Middle Village. 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.

Name Variations for Middle Village ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Middle Village: Middle Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Middle Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Middle Village.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Middle Village is primarily located in Shawano County. A portion of Middle Village extends into Menominee 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.

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

  • Shawano County     (The home county of Middle Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • Gresham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Gresham is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
    • Shawano
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Shawano is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
    • Bowler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bowler is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Leopolis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
    • Almon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Almon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
    • Pella
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Pella is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Regina
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Regina is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
    • Belle Plaine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
    • Mattoon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Mattoon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Cecil
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cecil is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Lunds
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lunds is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
    • Pulcifer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
    • Bonduel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonduel is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
  • Brown County
    • Pulaski
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pulaski is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
  • Langlade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • White Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • White Lake is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • Phlox
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Phlox is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
    • Langlade
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Langlade is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
    • Bryant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bryant is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Antigo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Antigo is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
    • Lily
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lily is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
    • Neva Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
    • Deerbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
    • Freeman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Freeman is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • Norrie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Norrie is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Elderon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Galloway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Galloway is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
    • Hatley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hatley is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Pike Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • Neopit
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
    • Keshena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Keshena is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
    • Legend Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
    • Zoar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Zoar is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
  • Oconto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • Suring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Suring is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
    • Breed
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Breed is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
    • Frostville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Frostville is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
    • Gillett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gillett is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Armstrong
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Mountain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Hickory Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
    • Krakow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Krakow is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
    • Spruce
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Spruce is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
    • Townsend
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Townsend is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Oconto Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • Leeman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Leeman is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
    • Bear Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Nichols
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Village, with the one closest to Middle Village listed first.
    • Embarrass
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Marion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
    • Clintonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
    • Granite City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
    • Big Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people

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

Cemeteries Near Middle Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middle Village.

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 Middle Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Red Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • West Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Francis Solanus Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rest Haven Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Roosevelt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Elias Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. John's Hermansfort Cemetery
    • St. John's Hermansfort Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bartelme Town Cemetery
    • Bowler Community Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180760 <1>
  • Lake Drive Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Drive Cemetery
    • The Lake Drive Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lundquist Cemetery
  • Continue List   (115 more) ...

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>

While we didn't find Middle Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Middle Village.

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

  • Gresham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gresham is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
  • Keshena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Keshena is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
  • Leopolis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
  • Shawano
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Shawano is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
  • Pella
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pella is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
  • Regina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Regina is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
  • Belle Plaine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
  • Phlox
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Phlox is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
  • Caroline
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Caroline is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
  • Cecil
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Hayes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hayes is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
  • Elton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elton is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Embarrass
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Breed
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Breed is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
    • Marion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people

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

Newspapers Published in Middle Village ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middle Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middle Village, 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 Middle Village.

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 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 Middle Village:

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 Middle Village, 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- Middle Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.