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 Pence (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 Pence. 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 and hospitals 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.

Pence is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Gogebic (MI), Ashland, Price & Vilas.

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

• Iron County     (The home county of Pence)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Pence, with the one closest to Pence listed first.
  • Montreal
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
    • Montreal is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
  • Gile
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
    • Gile is located in Iron County
  • Hurley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
    • Hurley is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
  • Cedar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
    • Cedar is located in Iron County
  • Manitowish
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
    • Manitowish is located in Iron County
• Ashland County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Pence, with the one closest to Pence listed first.
  • Mellen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
    • Mellen is located in Ashland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
  • Tannery Town
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tannery Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
    • Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
  • White City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • White City is located in Ashland County
  • High Bridge
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
    • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
  • Odanah
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
    • Odanah is located in Ashland County
  • Glidden
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
    • Glidden is located in Ashland County
  • Marengo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Ashland County
  • Butternut
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butternut have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
    • Butternut is located in Ashland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
• Vilas County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Pence, with the one closest to Pence listed first.
  • Katinka Village
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katinka Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
    • Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
  • Manitowish Waters
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manitowish Waters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
    • Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
• Gogebic County (MI)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Pence, with the one closest to Pence listed first.
  • Ironwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironwood
    • Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironwood <2>
  • Hillcrest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • North Ironwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Ironwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
    • North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Yale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
    • Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Bessemer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessemer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
    • Bessemer is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessemer <2>
  • Ramsay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramsay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
    • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Wakefield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wakefield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
    • Wakefield is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,653 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wakefield <2>
  • Connorville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Connorville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
    • Connorville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Marenisco
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marenisco
    • Marenisco is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marenisco <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Pence ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pence.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pence, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pence.

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 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 Pence:

• 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 Iron County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Ashland County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Vilas County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Gogebic County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Wisconsin
  • Cemeteries of Iron County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Wisconsin

Cemeteries Near Pence ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pence.

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

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

• Hillside Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
• St. Marys Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ironwood (MI).
  • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ironwood Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1499 <4>
• Calvary Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
• Greenwood Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
• Lake View Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
• Hillcrest Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Bessemer Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713 <4>
• Edgewood Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edgewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edgewood Cemetery
• Historic Indian Burial Grounds
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Historic Indian Burial Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Historic Indian Burial Grounds
• St. Johns Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
• Lakeside Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
• Mercer Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mercer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mercer Cemetery
• Continue List   (10 more) ...
  • Morse Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morse Cemetery
  • Cayuga Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cayuga Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cayuga Cemetery
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope 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.<5>

While we didn't find Pence in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pence.

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

• Hurley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
  • Hurley is located in Iron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
• Ironwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironwood
  • Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironwood <2>
• Jessieville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessieville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
  • Jessieville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
• Siemens
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siemens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
  • Siemens is located in Gogebic County (MI)
• Bessemer
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessemer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
  • Bessemer is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessemer <2>
• Ramsay
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramsay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
  • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
• Wakefield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wakefield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
  • Wakefield is located in Gogebic County (MI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,653 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wakefield <2>
• Birch
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
  • Birch is located in Ashland County
• Sedgwick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedgwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
  • Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
• Thomaston
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomaston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
• Mellen
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
  • Mellen is located in Ashland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
• Mercer
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
  • Mercer is located in Iron County
• Continue List   (10 more) ...
  • Morse
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
    • Morse is located in Ashland County
  • Hartley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Hartley has also been known as:
    • Hartleys
  • High Bridge
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
    • High Bridge is located in Ashland County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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