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 Nashville (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 Nashville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Nashville is located in Forest 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 Forest County: Iron (MI), Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Nashville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nashville:
- Forest County (The home county of Nashville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Mole Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Crandon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Atkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Hiles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hiles is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
- Laona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Laona is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Padus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Padus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Post Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Elcho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Lily
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Kempster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Deerbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Bryant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Neva Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
- Antigo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Langlade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Langlade is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
- White Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Jeffris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Harrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Dudley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Gleason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Oconto County
- Townsend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Monico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Pelican Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Gagen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
- Rhinelander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Sugar Camp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
- Newbold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Vilas County
- Eagle River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle River is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nashville, see our County-by-County Page for Nashville.
Cemeteries Near Nashville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nashville.
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 Nashville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nashville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Nashville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wolfgram Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crandon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crandon Lakeside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elcho Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pearson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Argonne Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (40 more) ...
- Lakeside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hiles Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Nashville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nashville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Post Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Crandon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Pelican Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Elcho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Atkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Summit Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
- Malvern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Malvern is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
- Koepenick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Koepenick is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
- Kempster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Lily
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Jeffris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Deerbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Rhinelander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Bryant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Cavour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cavour is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavour
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nashville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nashville.
Newspapers Published in Nashville ...
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 Nashville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nashville, 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 Nashville.
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 Nashville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Forest County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Lincoln County
- Oconto County
- Oneida County
- Vilas 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 Nashville, 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- Nashville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |