RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wisconsin >> Sheboygan County >> Ourtown >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Wisconsin

The Commemorative Quarter for Wisconsin





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 Ourtown (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 Ourtown. 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.

Ourtown is located in Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Ozaukee & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Ourtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ourtown:

  • Sheboygan County     (The home county of Ourtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ourtown, with the one closest to Ourtown listed first.
    • Sheboygan Falls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Kohler
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oostburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sheboygan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waldo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Johnsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
    • Adell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
      • Adell is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Howards Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
      • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
    • Cascade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Random Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ourtown, with the one closest to Ourtown listed first.
    • New Holstein
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holstein have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
      • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
    • Hayton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chilton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brothertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brothertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
      • Brothertown is located in Calumet County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brothertown
      • From Ourtown to Brothertown
  • Fond du Lac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ourtown, with the one closest to Ourtown listed first.
    • Graham Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Armstrong
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • New Prospect
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Saint Cloud
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Banner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • New Fane
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Calvary
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Calvary have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
      • Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
    • Dotyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dotyville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
      • Dotyville is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dotyville
      • From Ourtown to Dotyville
    • Calvary
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calvary. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
      • Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Calvary
      • From Ourtown to Calvary
    • Kewaskum
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kewaskum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
      • Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
    • Campbellsport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Elmore is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elmore
      • From Ourtown to Elmore
  • Manitowoc County
  • Ozaukee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ourtown, with the one closest to Ourtown listed first.
    • Sauk Trail Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Belgium
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lake Church
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Holy Cross
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holy Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
      • Holy Cross is located in Ozaukee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Holy Cross
      • From Ourtown to Holy Cross
    • Fredonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
      • Fredonia is located in Ozaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,251 people
    • Kohler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Waubeka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Saukville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saukville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saukville
      • Saukville is located in Ozaukee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,437 people
    • Grafton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Horns Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ulao
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ulao. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulao
      • Ulao is located in Ozaukee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ulao
      • From Ourtown to Ulao
  • Washington County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ourtown, see our County-by-County Page for Ourtown.

Cemeteries Near Ourtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ourtown.

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 Ourtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ourtown, with the one closest to Ourtown listed first.

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Rose Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Rose Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Rose Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. George Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. George Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Farmin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jansen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jansen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jansen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunrise Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheboygan Falls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kohler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kohler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kohler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodland Kohler Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibbsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibbsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moenning Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moenning Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moenning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flader Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flader Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flader Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (201 more) ...
    • Greendale Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greendale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sheboygan Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheboygan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheboygan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Luke Lutheran Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Ourtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ourtown.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ourtown, with the one closest to Ourtown listed first.

  • Weedens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weedens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedens
    • Weedens is located in Sheboygan County
  • Sheboygan Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gibbsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbsville
    • Gibbsville is located in Sheboygan County
  • Oostburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Waldo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hingham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hingham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
    • Hingham is located in Sheboygan County
  • Sheboygan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Adell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
    • Adell is located in Sheboygan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
  • Cedar Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
  • Johnsonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mosel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosel
    • Mosel is located in Sheboygan County
  • Cascade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Howards Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
      • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
    • Franklin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Sheboygan County
    • Dacada
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dacada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacada
      • Dacada is located in Ozaukee County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ourtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ourtown.

Newspapers Published in Ourtown ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ourtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ourtown, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ourtown.

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 helpful 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 Ourtown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ourtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sheboygan County: www.co.sheboygan.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<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' (or 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- Ourtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ourtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6970, Longitude: -87.8219    
<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 Ourtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025