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 Park Falls (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 Park Falls. 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 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.
Park Falls is located in Price 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 Price County: Ashland, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Park Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park Falls:
- Price County (The home county of Park Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Falls, with the one closest to Park Falls listed first.
- Fifield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Kennedy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Lugerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Phillips
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Worcester
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Catawba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Prentice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Kennan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Falls, with the one closest to Park Falls listed first.
- Butternut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Mellen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Iron County
- Manitowish
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manitowish is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
- Sawyer County
- Winter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Vilas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Falls, with the one closest to Park Falls listed first.
- Lac du Flambeau
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
- Manitowish Waters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Park Falls.
Cemeteries Near Park Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park Falls.
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 Park Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park Falls, with the one closest to Park Falls listed first.
- Nola Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Cecelia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Loretta Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Emery Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morse Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hackett Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Cayuga Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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.<1>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Park Falls had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Park Falls had a population of 2,192 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park Falls, with the one closest to Park Falls listed first.
- Fifield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- Butternut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coolidge is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Glidden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- Phillips
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Morse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Worcester
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Catawba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Kennan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Mellen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Park Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park Falls.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Park Falls ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Falls.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Park Falls. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Park Falls and those printed in the larger area surrounding Park Falls.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of Park Falls.
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 Park Falls:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Price County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Iron County
- Sawyer County
- Vilas 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 Park Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Park Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |