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 Mosinee (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 Mosinee. 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 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 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.
Mosinee is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Mosinee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mosinee:
- Marathon County (The home county of Mosinee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mosinee, with the one closest to Mosinee listed first.
- Evergreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Kronenwetter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Moon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Rothschild
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Ashley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Rib Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain
- Schofield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Weston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
- Wausau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Marathon City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- Ringle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Rangeline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Lincoln County
- Merrill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mosinee, with the one closest to Mosinee listed first.
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Torun
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Ellis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Park Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Stevens Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Polonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Rosholt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Alban
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Custer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Plover
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mosinee, with the one closest to Mosinee listed first.
- Eland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Wittenberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Birnamwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Aniwa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Tigerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mosinee, with the one closest to Mosinee listed first.
- Milladore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Blenker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Sherry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Auburndale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Rudolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Hewitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Arpin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arpin is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Biron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Eight Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Vesper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Marshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Bakerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mosinee, see our County-by-County Page for Mosinee.
Cemeteries Near Mosinee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mosinee.
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 Mosinee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mosinee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mosinee, with the one closest to Mosinee listed first.
- Mosinee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Knowlton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Runkle Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peacefull Rest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (114 more) ...
- Our Saviors Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Mosinee had a population of 427 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mosinee had a population of 4,195 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mosinee, with the one closest to Mosinee listed first.
- Knowlton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Knowlton is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Dancy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dancy is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy
- Schofield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Halder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Halder is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halder
- Callon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Callon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callon
- Wausau Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wausau Junction is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau Junction
- Wausau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Rangeline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Shantytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shantytown is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
- Stettin ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stettin is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stettin
- Bevent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bevent is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevent
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Milladore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Blenker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Pike Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mosinee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mosinee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mosinee ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mosinee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mosinee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mosinee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mosinee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Mosinee.
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 Mosinee:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Marathon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Wood 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 Mosinee, 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 from Point A (ie- Mosinee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |