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 Radisson (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 Radisson. 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 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.
Radisson is located in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Radisson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Radisson:
- Sawyer County (The home county of Radisson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Radisson, with the one closest to Radisson listed first.
- Couderay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Exeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- New Post
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Winter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Reserve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Chief Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Little Round Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Stone Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Hayward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Phipps
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Seeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Barron County
- Haugen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Bayfield County
- Cable
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Price County
- Kennedy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radisson, with the one closest to Radisson listed first.
- Bruce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Ladysmith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Apollonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Tony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Port Arthur
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Glen Flora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Weyerhaeuser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Ingram
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Conrath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Strickland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Hawkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radisson, with the one closest to Radisson listed first.
- Birchwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Madge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Nobleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Earl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Radisson, see our County-by-County Page for Radisson.
Cemeteries Near Radisson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Radisson.
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 Radisson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Radisson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Radisson, with the one closest to Radisson listed first.
- Radisson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bellile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Exeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winter Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Round Lake Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Hills Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Loretta Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Ladysmith.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Cemetery
- Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88824 <1>
- Indian Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Radisson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Radisson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Radisson, with the one closest to Radisson listed first.
- Reserve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Hayward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Phipps
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Nobleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Lehigh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lehigh is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Haugen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Radisson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Radisson.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Radisson ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Radisson.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Radisson. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Radisson and those printed in the larger area surrounding Radisson.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Radisson.
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 Radisson:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sawyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Bayfield County
- Price County
- Rusk County
- Washburn County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Radisson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Radisson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |