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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 Point Comfort (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 Point Comfort. 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.

Name Variations for Point Comfort ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Point Comfort: Pt. Comfort

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

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

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

  • Winnebago County     (The home county of Point Comfort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point Comfort, with the one closest to Point Comfort listed first.
    • Black Wolf
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
      • Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
    • Stony Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oshkosh
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fitzgerald
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fisk
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pickett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Harbor Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Reighmoor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Adella Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adella Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
      • Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
    • Allenville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Omro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Neenah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Brown County
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point Comfort, with the one closest to Point Comfort listed first.
    • Brothertown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Quinney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stockbridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Brant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
      • Brant is located in Calumet County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brant
      • From Point Comfort to Brant
    • Harrison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hayton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • New Holstein
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holstein have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
      • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
    • Sherwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
    • Hilbert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
      • Hilbert is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Saint John
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Potter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Potter is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point Comfort, with the one closest to Point Comfort listed first.
    • Brownsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Lomira
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Knowles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Waupun
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waupun have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
      • Waupun is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
    • Kekoskee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kekoskee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
      • Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
    • Theresa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Atwater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
      • Mayville is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point Comfort, with the one closest to Point Comfort listed first.
    • Berlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
    • Green Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Utley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Utley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
      • Utley is located in Green Lake County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Utley
      • From Point Comfort to Utley
    • Markesan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markesan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
  • Manitowoc County
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point Comfort, with the one closest to Point Comfort listed first.
    • Appleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Combined Locks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Kimberly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Medina
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Medina. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
      • Medina is located in Outagamie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Medina
      • From Point Comfort to Medina
    • Greenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
    • Little Chute
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Apple Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hortonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Sheboygan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point Comfort, with the one closest to Point Comfort listed first.
    • Elkhart Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
      • Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
    • Glenbeulah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenbeulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
      • Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
    • Plymouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Cascade
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington County
  • Waupaca County
  • Waushara County

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

Cemeteries Near Point Comfort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Point Comfort.

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

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

  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Elm Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Elm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Elm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evangelical Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Knack Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knack Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilhelmina Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilhelmina Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilhelmina Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Schellers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peace Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Boyd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (319 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Black Wolf
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
    • Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
  • Van Dyne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Dyne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyne
    • Van Dyne is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Calumet Harbor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calumet Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Harbor
    • Calumet Harbor is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Oshkosh
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
    • Ring is located in Winnebago County
  • Silica
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
    • Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Calumetville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Brothertown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fitzgerald
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Taycheedah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taycheedah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taycheedah
    • Taycheedah is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Peebles
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peebles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles
    • Peebles is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Peebles
    • From Point Comfort to Peebles
  • Johnsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
    • Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Johnsburg
    • From Point Comfort to Johnsburg
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Eldorado
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Winnebago
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnebago have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnebago
      • Winnebago is located in Winnebago County
    • Malone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Malone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
      • Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Malone
      • From Point Comfort to Malone

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

Newspapers Published in Point Comfort ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Comfort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Point Comfort, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Point Comfort.

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 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 Point Comfort:

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

The official website for Winnebago County: www.co.winnebago.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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.
<4>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 Point Comfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Point Comfort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point Comfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9325, Longitude: -88.4751    









 

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