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 Pittsville (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 Pittsville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pittsville is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon & Portage.
Below are the counties that are near Pittsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pittsville:
- Wood County (The home county of Pittsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- Vesper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Arpin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Eight Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Lindsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Bakerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Hewitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Auburndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburndale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Sherry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Nekoosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Port Edwards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Marshfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Blenker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Strongs Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Big Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- Chili
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Granton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Spokeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Neillsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Loyal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Globe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Riplinger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Riplinger is located in Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lynxville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- Pray
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Hatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Millston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- New Miner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Mather
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Necedah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- McMillan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Rozellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Rangeline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Stratford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Moon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Moon is located in Marathon County
- Fenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Unity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- Warrens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Shennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Valley Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Plover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Stevens Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Whiting
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Park Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pittsville, see our County-by-County Page for Pittsville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pittsville ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittsville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pittsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pittsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pittsville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Pittsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Pittsville:
- 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 Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe 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
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Wood County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Wood County
Cemeteries Near Pittsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pittsville.
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 Pittsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joachims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joachims Cemetery
- Mound Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mound Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Indian Bill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Bill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Bill Cemetery
- John Ne-Wee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Ne-Wee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Ne-Wee Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Arpin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arpin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arpin Cemetery
- Babcock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Babcock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babcock Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
- Continue List (108 more) ...
- Faith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faith Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
- Brook Lawn Memory Garden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brook Lawn Memory Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brook Lawn Memory Garden Cemetery
- Faith 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pittsville had a population of 653 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pittsville had a population of 820 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pittsville, with the one closest to Pittsville listed first.
- Veedum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Walker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Vesper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Babcock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - City Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Lindsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Nevins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Bakerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Port Edwards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Sherry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Auburndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburndale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Hewitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spaulding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Blenker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Meadow Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
- Spaulding
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pittsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pittsville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pittsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wood County: www.co.wood.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pittsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pittsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4405, Longitude: -90.1301 In this case, the coordinates for Pittsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Pittsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |