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 Mikana (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 Mikana. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Mikana is located in Barron 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 Barron County: Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Mikana. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mikana:
- Barron County (The home county of Mikana)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mikana, with the one closest to Mikana listed first.
- Haugen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Rice Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Cameron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Barron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Chetek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Poskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Hillsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Almena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dallas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Twin Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Turtle Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Prairie Farm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Burnett County
- Bashaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Chippewa County
- New Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Dunn County
- Ridgeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mikana, with the one closest to Mikana listed first.
- Strickland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Weyerhaeuser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Apollonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Bruce
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Port Arthur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Ladysmith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Tony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Conrath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mikana, with the one closest to Mikana listed first.
- Stone Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Exeland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Couderay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Radisson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Reserve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Chief Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Little Round Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Hayward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- New Post
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mikana, with the one closest to Mikana listed first.
- Birchwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Nobleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Madge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Shell Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Spooner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Earl
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mikana, see our County-by-County Page for Mikana.
Cemeteries Near Mikana ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mikana.
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 Mikana - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mikana covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mikana, with the one closest to Mikana listed first.
- Cedar Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nora Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Orchard Beach Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wiesner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swede Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Assumption Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stanfold Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Polish Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Mikana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mikana.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mikana, with the one closest to Mikana listed first.
- Nobleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Haugen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Rice Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Lehigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lehigh is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cameron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Barron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Shell Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Chetek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Barronett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Barronett is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Spooner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hillsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Reserve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Comstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Comstock is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mikana. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mikana.
Newspapers Published in Mikana ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mikana.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mikana, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mikana.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mikana:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Barron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burnett County
- Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- Rusk County
- Sawyer County
- Washburn 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 Mikana, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mikana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |