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 Namekagon (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 Namekagon. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Namekagon is located in Bayfield 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 Bayfield County: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Namekagon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Namekagon:
- Bayfield County (The home county of Namekagon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Namekagon, with the one closest to Namekagon listed first.
- Cable
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Mason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sutherland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Benoit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Delta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Moquah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Namekagon, with the one closest to Namekagon listed first.
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- High Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Mellen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Glidden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- White River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Butternut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Namekagon, with the one closest to Namekagon listed first.
- Kennedy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Namekagon, with the one closest to Namekagon listed first.
- Seeley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Phipps
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- New Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Little Round Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Chief Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Hayward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Winter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Reserve
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Namekagon, see our County-by-County Page for Namekagon.
Cemeteries Near Namekagon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Namekagon.
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 Namekagon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Namekagon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Namekagon, with the one closest to Namekagon listed first.
- Wildwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Birch Lake Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moe Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- St. Anne Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mason Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Morse Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trinity Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Round Lake Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pike River Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(23 miles [37 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>
While we didn't find Namekagon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Namekagon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Namekagon, with the one closest to Namekagon listed first.
- Cable
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Drummond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Mason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sanborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sanborn is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Morse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Pike River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Mellen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- High Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Phipps
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Benoit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Ino
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Glidden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- White River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Moquah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Namekagon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Namekagon.
Newspapers Published in Namekagon ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Namekagon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Namekagon, 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 Namekagon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Namekagon:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Bayfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Price County
- Sawyer 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 Namekagon, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Namekagon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |