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 Neva (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 Neva. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Neva is located in Langlade 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 Langlade County: Forest, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Neva. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neva:
- Langlade County (The home county of Neva)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Neva Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
- Deerbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Kempster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Bryant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Antigo
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Lily
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Elcho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Post Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Phlox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- White Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Langlade
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Langlade is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Mole Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Crandon
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Padus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Padus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
- Atkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Laona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laona is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Dudley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Gleason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Jeffris
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Irma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Merrill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Glandon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glandon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
- Sunset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Norrie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Nutterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Hatley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Ringle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Brokaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brokaw is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
- Estimated population in 2018: 245 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Zoar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Neopit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neopit is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
- Oconto County
- Townsend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Jennings
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Pelican Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Monico
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Gagen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Aniwa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Mattoon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mattoon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Birnamwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Almon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Regina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Regina is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Eland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Bowler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Middle Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Wittenberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Neva, see our County-by-County Page for Neva.
Cemeteries Near Neva ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neva.
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 Neva - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neva covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Neva Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Neva Corners.
- The St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bohemian Cemetery
- St. Wencels Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407735 <1>
- Bent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antigo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Queen of Peace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sherry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hall Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pearson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (72 more) ...
- Rolling Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Norwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Neva in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Neva.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neva, with the one closest to Neva listed first.
- Deerbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Bryant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Kempster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Antigo
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Koepenick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Koepenick is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
- Summit Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
- Elmhurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elmhurst is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
- Elton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elton is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Elcho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Phlox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Lily
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Post Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Aniwa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Hogarty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hogarty is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogarty
- Dudley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Neva. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neva.
Newspapers Published in Neva ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neva.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neva, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neva.
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 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 Neva:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Langlade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forest County
- Lincoln County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Oconto County
- Oneida County
- Shawano 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 Neva, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Neva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |