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 New Hope (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 New Hope. 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 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.
New Hope is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Adams, Marathon, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near New Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hope:
- Portage County (The home county of New Hope)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Nelsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Alban
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Rosholt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Polonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Custer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Arnott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Ellis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Blaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Park Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Adams County
- Leola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Galloway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Ashley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Pike Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Hatley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Norrie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norrie is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Ringle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Kronenwetter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Mosinee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Evergreen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
- Outagamie County
- Bear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Split Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Tigerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Wittenberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Eland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Leopolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Pella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Bowler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Birnamwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Regina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Regina is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Almon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Iola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Scandinavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Sheridan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Cobb Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Ogdensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- King
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Waupaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Big Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rural
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Baldwins Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Manawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Wild Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Saxeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Plainfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- West Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Pine River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Mount Morris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Poy Sippi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Wautoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Orihula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Biron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Lake Wazeecha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Grand Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Rudolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Milladore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hope, see our County-by-County Page for New Hope.
Cemeteries Near New Hope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hope.
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 New Hope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Nelsonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Amherst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bickel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Amherst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scandinavia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Iola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kimball Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hitterdahl Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Northland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lombard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 New Hope had a population of 84 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Nelsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Amherst Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Amherst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Fancher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fancher is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher
- Scandinavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Iola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Northland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northland is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland
- Sheridan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Polonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alban
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Custer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Arnott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hope.
Newspapers Published in New Hope ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hope, 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 New Hope.
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 New Hope:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Marathon County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago 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 New Hope, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |