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 Northport (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 Northport. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Northport 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 Northport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Northport:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Northport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- New London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Ogdensburg
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Iola
(17 miles [27.4 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 Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Oneida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sniderville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Pittsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Kaukauna
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Bear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hortonville
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Shiocton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Medina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Leeman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Black Creek
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Apple Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Seymour
(23 miles [37 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
- Freedom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Amherst Junction
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Nelsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Alban
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Rosholt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Belle Plaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Pella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Briarton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Lunds
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Split Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Leopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Shawano
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Rose Lawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Tigerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Slab City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- 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
- Frazer Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Wild Rose
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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 Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Orihula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Fox Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Winneconne
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Allenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Menasha
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Adella Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Omro
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Reighmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Northport, see our County-by-County Page for Northport.
Cemeteries Near Northport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northport.
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 Northport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Northport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Old Ostrander Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ostrander - Northport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Most Precious Blood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floral Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Creek Cemetery #2
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The New Maple Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maple Creek Cemetery #1
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Old Maple Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hobart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Turney Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ruckdashel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waupaca County Poor Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Northport had a population of 348 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Northport, with the one closest to Northport listed first.
- Ostrander
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- New London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Royalton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Sugar Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Baldwins Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Gills Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Bear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Symco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Nicholson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Readfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Readfield is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
- Hortonville
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Northport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northport.
Newspapers Published in Northport ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northport, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northport.
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 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 Northport:
- 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 Northport, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |