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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Nowell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Nowell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nowell, please Contact Us.
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 Nowell (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 Nowell. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Nowell is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Nowell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nowell:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Nowell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Ostrander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Clintonville
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Baldwins Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Ogdensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Embarrass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Marion
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Gills Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Pittsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Oneida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Calumet County
- Kaukauna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Galloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
(30 miles [48.3 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 Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Keshena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Legend Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Bear Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 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
- Leeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Hortonville
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Medina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- 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
(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
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- 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
- Apple Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 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 Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Alban
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Amherst Junction
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
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- Rosholt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Blaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Polonia
(30 miles [48.3 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 Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Belle Plaine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Pella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Split Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Leopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Briarton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Lunds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Shawano
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Tigerton
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Gresham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Bonduel
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Saxeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Pine River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Wild Rose
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Zittau
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Orihula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Medina Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Fox Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Allenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Winneconne
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Adella Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Reighmoor
(30 miles [48.3 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 Nowell, see our County-by-County Page for Nowell.
Cemeteries Near Nowell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nowell.
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 Nowell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nowell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Ruckdashel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Creek Cemetery #1
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Maple Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Danish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Royalton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Old Ostrander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ostrander - Northport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Creek Cemetery #2
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
Nowell itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nowell, with the one closest to Nowell listed first.
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Sugar Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Bear Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Northport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Symco
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Manawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Royalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Ostrander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Marble ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Clintonville
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Baldwins Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Ogdensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nowell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nowell.
Newspapers Published in Nowell ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nowell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nowell, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nowell.
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 Nowell:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Marathon County
- Menominee County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Nowell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nowell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |