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 London (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 London. 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.
New London is primarily located in Waupaca County. A portion of New London extends into Outagamie 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near New London. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New London:
- Waupaca County (The home county of New London)
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Ostrander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Gills Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Baldwins Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Ogdensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Clintonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Waupaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Embarrass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- King
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Big Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Sniderville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Oneida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Pittsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Hobart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Wrightstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Kaukauna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Dundas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Stockbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Hortonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Shiocton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Medina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Black Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Leeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Apple Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Appleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Little Chute
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Amherst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Blaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Nelsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Garfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Alban
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Briarton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Belle Plaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Lunds
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Pella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Rose Lawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Split Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Leopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Slab City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Shawano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Frazer Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Bonduel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Laney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Tigerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Wild Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Mount Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Redgranite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Zittau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Orihula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Fox Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Allenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Winneconne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Menasha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Harbor Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Adella Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Reighmoor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Omro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Oshkosh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New London, see our County-by-County Page for New London.
Cemeteries Near New London ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New London.
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 London - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New London covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Most Precious Blood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Floral Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill Cemetery
- The Floral Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Floral Cemetery
- New London Cemetery
- Emanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mosquito Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Turney Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Creek Cemetery #2
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Maple Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Creek Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Maple Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ostrander - Northport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Ostrander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. John Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New London had a population of 2,050 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New London had a population of 7,065 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
- Northport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Ostrander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Hortonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Sugar Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Readfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Readfield is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
- Stephensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stephensville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensville
- Gills Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dale is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Shiocton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Manawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Nicholson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New London. See our List of 1890's Communities around New London.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New London ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around New London.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New London. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New London and those printed in the larger area surrounding New London.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of New London.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 London:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago 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 London, 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 from Point A (ie- New London) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |