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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Petersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Petersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Petersville, 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 Petersville (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 Petersville. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Petersville 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 Petersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Petersville:

Waupaca County (The home county of Petersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Iola
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Iola is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Scandinavia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  - Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Big Falls
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Sheridan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  - Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Ogdensburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  - Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Granite City is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Cobb Town
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  - Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Waupaca
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  - Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Manawa
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  - Manawa is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- King
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  - King is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Rural
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  - Rural is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Baldwins Mill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Galloway
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  - Galloway is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Elderon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  - Elderon is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pike Lake
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  - Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
- Ashley
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  - Ashley is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Norrie
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  - Norrie is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
- Hatley
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  - Hatley is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Ringle
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Ringle is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Kronenwetter
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Mosinee
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Mosinee is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Evergreen
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Evergreen is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Weston
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Weston is located in Marathon County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Bear Creek
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  - Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Leeman
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  - Leeman is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Shiocton
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  - Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Hortonville
  (30 miles [48.3 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
Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Garfield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  - Garfield is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Nelsonville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  - Nelsonville is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Alban
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Alban is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Amherst
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  - Amherst is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Rosholt
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Rosholt is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Amherst Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  - Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  - Lake Emily is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Polonia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  - Polonia is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Custer
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  - Custer is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Ellis
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  - Ellis is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Arnott
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Arnott is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Torun
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  - Torun is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Split Rock
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Split Rock is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Tigerton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  - Tigerton is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Wittenberg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  - Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Eland
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  - Eland is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Leopolis
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Leopolis is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Pella
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  - Pella is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Bowler
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  - Bowler is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Regina
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  - Regina is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Almon
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  - Almon is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Birnamwood
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  - Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Belle Plaine
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  - Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Gresham
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Gresham is located in Shawano County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- West Bloomfield
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  - West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Saxeville
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  - Saxeville is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Wild Rose
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  - Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Pine River
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  - Pine River is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Plainfield
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Plainfield is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Mount Morris
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  - Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Poy Sippi
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  - Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Orihula
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Orihula is located in Winnebago County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Zittau is located in Winnebago County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petersville, with the one closest to Petersville listed first.
- Biron
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  - Biron is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Lake Wazeecha
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  - Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Grand Rapids
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  - Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Rudolph
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  - Rudolph is located in Wood County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people

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

Cemeteries Near Petersville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Petersville.

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 Petersville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Petersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Iola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola Cemetery
Lola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola Cemetery
Hitterdahl Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdahl Cemetery
Northland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland Cemetery
Scandinavia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia Cemetery
Nelsonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
Bickel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickel Cemetery
Amherst Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Cemetery
Lower Amherst Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Amherst Cemetery
Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
Ogdensburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg Cemetery
- The Ogdensburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88638 <2>
Continue List (164 more) ...
- Big Falls Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls Cemetery
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Adalbert Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #769005 <2>
- St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary of Mt. Carmel 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.

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

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

Iola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
Northland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northland is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland
Scandinavia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
Garfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
Nelsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
Alban
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
Amherst Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
Sheridan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ogdensburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  - Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Big Falls
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Fancher
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  - Fancher is located in Portage County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancher

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

Newspapers Published in Petersville ...

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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Petersville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Petersville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Petersville.

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 Petersville:

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 Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marathon County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waushara County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails

Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waupaca County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of 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 Petersville, 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 '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- Petersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.