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 Readfield (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 Readfield. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Readfield is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Readfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Readfield:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Readfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Fremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Weyauwega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Baldwins Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Waupaca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Ogdensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Rural
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Scandinavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Sniderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Wrightstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Kaukauna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Dundas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Saint John
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Quinney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Fond du Lac County
- Ripon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Green Lake County
- Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Marquette County
- Neshkoro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Medina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Hortonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Shiocton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Appleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Bear Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Apple Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Kimberly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Black Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Combined Locks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Little Chute
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Leeman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Amherst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Nelsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Briarton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Belle Plaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Redgranite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Mount Morris
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Wild Rose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Wautoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Zittau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Orihula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Medina Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Winneconne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Allenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Fox Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Harbor Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Menasha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Omro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Adella Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Oshkosh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Readfield, see our County-by-County Page for Readfield.
Cemeteries Near Readfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Readfield.
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 Readfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Readfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zittau Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Becker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Medina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Medina Cemetery
- The South Medina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Medina Cemetery
- Floral Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill Cemetery
- The Floral Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Floral Cemetery
- New London 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.<1>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Readfield had a population of 213 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Readfield, with the one closest to Readfield listed first.
- Zittau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Fremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Orihula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Gills Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Medina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Medina Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Hortonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Ostrander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Tustin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tustin is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tustin
- Larsen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Larsen is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larsen
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Northport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- West Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Royalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Readfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Readfield.
Newspapers Published in Readfield ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Readfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Readfield, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Readfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Readfield:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Marquette County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Readfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Readfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |