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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 Pickett (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 Pickett. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Pickett is located in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Waupaca & Waushara.

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

  • Winnebago County     (The home county of Pickett)
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Brothertown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Quinney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Stockbridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Harrison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
    • Chilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Columbia County
    • Friesland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Friesland is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Waupun
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Atwater
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fox Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
    • Knowles
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lomira
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kekoskee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
    • Burnett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Mayville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mayville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
    • Randolph
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Randolph is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Theresa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Berlin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Green Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Utley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Markesan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Princeton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Marquette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Marquette is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Kingston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Neshkoro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Germania
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Montello
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Medina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Appleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hortonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Fremont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Gills Landing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Weyauwega
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pickett, with the one closest to Pickett listed first.
    • Poy Sippi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Redgranite
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Lohrville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Pine River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • West Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Morris
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saxeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Wautoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people

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

Cemeteries Near Pickett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pickett.

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

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

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

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 Pickett had a population of 159 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Elo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Elo is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
  • Fisk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ring is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
  • Waukau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Waukau is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
  • Rush Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
  • West Rosendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Zion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Zion is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Ripon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosendale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
  • Eldorado
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fitzgerald
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Eureka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Eureka is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Omro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Black Wolf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
    • Van Dyne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Van Dyne is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyne

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

Newspapers Published in Pickett ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pickett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pickett, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pickett.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Pickett:

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 Pickett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pickett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.