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 Ojibwa (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 Ojibwa. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Ojibwa is located in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Ojibwa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ojibwa:
- Sawyer County (The home county of Ojibwa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ojibwa, with the one closest to Ojibwa listed first.
- Winter
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Radisson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - New Post
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Couderay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Exeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Chief Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chief Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Reserve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Little Round Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Stone Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Hayward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Phipps
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Seeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Bayfield County
- Cable
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Cable
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ojibwa, with the one closest to Ojibwa listed first.
- Kennedy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Lugerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ojibwa, with the one closest to Ojibwa listed first.
- Tony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Ladysmith
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Glen Flora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Bruce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Ingram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Apollonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Port Arthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Hawkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Conrath
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Weyerhaeuser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ojibwa, with the one closest to Ojibwa listed first.
- Birchwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Madge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Nobleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ojibwa, see our County-by-County Page for Ojibwa.
Cemeteries Near Ojibwa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ojibwa.
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 Ojibwa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ojibwa, with the one closest to Ojibwa listed first.
- Radisson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Radisson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Radisson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- 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.
- Winter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bellile Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellile Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Exeland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Exeland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Exeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Loretta Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loretta Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loretta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Anns Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Round Lake Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Riverside Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Swedish Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Tony Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tony Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Indian Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tony 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ojibwa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ojibwa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ojibwa, with the one closest to Ojibwa listed first.
- Reserve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Hayward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Phipps
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Nobleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Cable
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ojibwa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ojibwa.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ojibwa ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ojibwa.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ojibwa. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ojibwa and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ojibwa.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Ojibwa.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ojibwa:
- 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 Sawyer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bayfield County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Price County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washburn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bayfield County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sawyer 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 Ojibwa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sawyer County: www.sawyercountygov.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> | 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> | 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 Ojibwa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ojibwa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ojibwa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7980, Longitude: -91.1168 In this case, the coordinates for Ojibwa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |