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 Rangeline (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 Rangeline. 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.
Rangeline is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Rangeline. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rangeline:
- Marathon County (The home county of Rangeline)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rangeline, with the one closest to Rangeline listed first.
- Rozellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Stratford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Moon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Moon is located in Marathon County
- Fenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - McMillan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Wien
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wien
- Wien is located in Marathon County
- Edgar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Edgar is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Mosinee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Marathon City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marathon City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- Rib Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Falls
- Rib Falls is located in Marathon County
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Ashley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Ashley is located in Marathon County
- Evergreen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rangeline, with the one closest to Rangeline listed first.
- Chili
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Colby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Abbotsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbotsford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Riplinger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Riplinger is located in Clark County
- Spokeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Dorchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Granton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Loyal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Curtiss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Atwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Atwood is located in Clark County
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rangeline, with the one closest to Rangeline listed first.
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Torun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torun
- Torun is located in Portage County
- Stevens Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Stevens Point is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
- Park Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Whiting
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Ellis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in Portage County
- Plover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Polonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Portage County
- Taylor County
- Stetsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Stetsonville
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rangeline, with the one closest to Rangeline listed first.
- Auburndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- 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
- Blenker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Hewitt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Milladore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Sherry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Marshfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Arpin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Bakerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Vesper
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Rudolph
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Eight Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eight Corners
- Eight Corners is located in Wood County
- Lindsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Pittsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rangeline, see our County-by-County Page for Rangeline.
Newspapers Published in Rangeline ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rangeline.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rangeline, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rangeline.
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 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 Rangeline:
- 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 Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark 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
- Taylor 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
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Marathon County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Rangeline ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rangeline.
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 Rangeline covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rangeline, with the one closest to Rangeline listed first.
- North Auburndale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Auburndale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Auburndale Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Auburndale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Auburndale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Auburndale Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Eau Pleine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eau Pleine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eau Pleine Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
- Slidre Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slidre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slidre Cemetery
- Milladore Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- The Milladore Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Union Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milladore Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89438 <3>
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
- Continue List (121 more) ...
- Hillside City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- The Hillside City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Hillside Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88151 <3>
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Runkle Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Runkle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Runkle Cemetery
- Hillside City 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rangeline had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rangeline, with the one closest to Rangeline listed first.
- Rozellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Bradley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Halder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Auburndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- 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
- Weber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Hewitt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Blenker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- McMillan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Milladore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Sherry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Dancy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Knowlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bakerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Mosinee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bakerville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rangeline. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rangeline.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rangeline. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marathon County: www.co.marathon.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rangeline) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rangeline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7431, Longitude: -89.9642 |
| <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 Rangeline, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |