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 Minong (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 Minong. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Minong is located in Washburn 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 Washburn County: Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Rusk & Sawyer.
Below are the counties that are near Minong. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Minong:
- Washburn County (The home county of Minong)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Earl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Spooner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Madge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Shell Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Nobleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Bayfield County
- Cable
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Burnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Webb Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Bashaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Hertel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Solon Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Sauntry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Moose Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Bennett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Hawthorne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Lake Nebagamon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Hayward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Phipps
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Seeley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Stone Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Little Round Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Reserve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Chief Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Cloverton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Kingsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Minong, see our County-by-County Page for Minong.
Cemeteries Near Minong ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minong.
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 Minong - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Minong covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wascott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lampson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chicog Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Lake Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Earl Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Earl Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Earl.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975084 <1>
- Riverhill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Hearts Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Indian Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, Minong had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Minong had a population of 506 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Minong, with the one closest to Minong listed first.
- Hayward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Spooner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Phipps
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Sauntry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Bashaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Shell Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Reserve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Cable
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Hawthorne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minong. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minong.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Minong ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minong.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Minong. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Minong and those printed in the larger area surrounding Minong.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Minong.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Minong:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Washburn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bayfield County
- Burnett County
- Douglas County
- Sawyer County
- Pine 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 Minong, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minong) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |