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 Norske (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 Norske. 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.
Norske is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Norske. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norske:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Norske)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Big Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Granite City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Iola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Scandinavia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Ogdensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Sheridan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Cobb Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Manawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - King
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Waupaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Baldwins Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwins Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Langlade County
- Phlox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- Phlox
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Galloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Elderon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Pike Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Norrie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Hatley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Ringle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Ashley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Kronenwetter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Evergreen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Rothschild
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothschild have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Mosinee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Schofield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Neopit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Zoar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Outagamie County
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Bear Creek
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Alban
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Garfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Nelsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Polonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Ellis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Amherst Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lake Emily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Custer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Torun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Park Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Split Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Tigerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Wittenberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Eland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Bowler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Birnamwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Birnamwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
- Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Leopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Regina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Pella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Almon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Aniwa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Gresham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Mattoon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norske, see our County-by-County Page for Norske.
Cemeteries Near Norske ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norske.
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 Norske covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Northland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Adalbert Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #769005 <3>
- Hitterdahl Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hitterdahl Cemetery
- Big Falls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Falls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evergreen Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Forest Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Nelsonville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nelsonville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nelsonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Iola Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iola Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lola Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lola Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scandinavia Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandinavia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandinavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwegian Luthern Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185220 <3>
- Continue List (145 more) ...
- St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the east of Marion.
- The St. Johns Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88986 <3>
- Bickel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bickel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bickel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Amherst Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amherst Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amherst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Trinity Lutheran 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.<5>
While we didn't find Norske in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norske.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Norske, with the one closest to Norske listed first.
- Northland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Alban
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Garfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Elderon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Big Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Split Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Tigerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Iola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Whitcomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Shantytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shantytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
- Shantytown is located in Marathon County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Polonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Nelsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Hunting
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Polonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norske. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norske.
Newspapers Published in Norske ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norske.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norske, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norske.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Norske:
- 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 Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waupaca County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Norske. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Waupaca County: www.co.waupaca.wi.us/
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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> | 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- Norske) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norske. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6525, Longitude: -89.2084 In this case, the coordinates for Norske have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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 Norske, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |