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 Nicholson (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 Nicholson. 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.
Nicholson is located in Waupaca 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 Nicholson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nicholson:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Nicholson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Manawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Clintonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Ostrander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- New London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Embarrass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Big Falls
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Ogdensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Baldwins Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Iola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Pittsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Galloway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elderon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Keshena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Bear Creek
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Leeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shiocton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Hortonville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Nichols
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Black Creek
(18 miles [29 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
- Medina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Seymour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Apple Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Appleton
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Chicago Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Alban
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Amherst
(23 miles [37 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
- Garfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Amherst Junction
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Nelsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Rosholt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Blaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Custer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Polonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Pella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Belle Plaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Split Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Leopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Lunds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Tigerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Briarton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Shawano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Gresham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Slab City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(23 miles [37 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
- Bowler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bowler is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Saxeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Pine River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Zittau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Orihula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Medina Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Fox Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Allenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Winneconne
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nicholson, see our County-by-County Page for Nicholson.
Cemeteries Near Nicholson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nicholson.
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 Nicholson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nicholson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Danish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ruckdashel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Townline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Danish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Graceland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- St. Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Wolf Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 in 1895, Nicholson had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nicholson, with the one closest to Nicholson listed first.
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Marble ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Symco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Bear Creek
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Sugar Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Manawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Clintonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Royalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Northport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Buckbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
- Ostrander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- New London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ogdensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nicholson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nicholson.
Newspapers Published in Nicholson ...
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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nicholson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nicholson, 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 Nicholson.
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 Nicholson:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Marathon County
- Menominee 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 Nicholson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nicholson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |