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 Norman (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 Norman. 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 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.
Norman is located in Kewaunee County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kewaunee County: Brown, Door & Manitowoc.
Below are the counties that are near Norman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norman:
- Kewaunee County (The home county of Norman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- Krok
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Stangelville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Bolt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Kewaunee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Ellisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Pilsen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Casco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Luxemburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Euren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Gregorville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Algoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Duvall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- Fontenoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Denmark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Poland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Sugar Bush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
- Pine Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Glenmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Lark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Bellevue Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Town
- Bellevue Town is located in Brown County
- Wayside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Morrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Benderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Dyckesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- Brillion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Forest Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Potter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- Forestville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Brussels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- Tisch Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Zander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
- Zander is located in Manitowoc County
- Larrabee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Fisherville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Fisherville is located in Manitowoc County
- Mishicot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Kingsbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
- Maribel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
- Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Melnik
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Rosecrans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
- Shoto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoto
- Shoto is located in Manitowoc County
- Francis Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Kellnersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellnersville
- Kellnersville is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Hickory Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norman, see our County-by-County Page for Norman.
Newspapers Published in Norman ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norman, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norman.
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 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 Norman:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Kewaunee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Calumet County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Door County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Manitowoc County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Kewaunee County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Kewaunee County
Cemeteries Near Norman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norman.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
- Norman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norman Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
- Progressive Farmer's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Progressive Farmer's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2334218 <3>
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- The St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Isadore the Farmer Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Tisch Mills Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244119 <3>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- Volunteer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Volunteer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Volunteer Cemetery
- Sandy Bay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Bay Cemetery
- Forest View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest View Cemetery
- German Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- The German Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88002 <3>
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maack Cemetery
- St. John's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88979 <3>
- Continue List (169 more) ...
- St. John Nepomuceue Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Nepomuceue Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Nepomuceue Catholic Cemetery
- St. Hedwigs Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hedwigs Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hedwigs Catholic Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery
- St. John Nepomuceue Catholic Cemetery
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Norman had a population of 115 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Norman, with the one closest to Norman listed first.
- Tisch Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Krok
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Stangelville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Bolt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Kewaunee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Ellisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Pilsen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Curran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Larrabee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Fontenoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Cooperstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooperstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Cooperstown is located in Manitowoc County
- Mishicot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Henrysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henrysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
- Henrysville is located in Brown County
- Melnik
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Kingsbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
- Henrysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norman.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Norman. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kewaunee County: www.kewauneeco.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3708, Longitude: -87.6034 In this case, the coordinates for Norman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Norman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |