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 Red Banks (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 Red Banks. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Red Banks is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie & Shawano.
Below are the counties that are near Red Banks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Banks:
- Brown County (The home county of Red Banks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Benderville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Wequiock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Bay Settlement
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Dyckesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Sugar Bush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Suamico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Green Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Preble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Bellevue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Allouez
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Bellevue Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Town is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Town
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Forest Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Kaukauna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Namur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Rosiere
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Brussels
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Forestville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Little Sturgeon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Salona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Salona is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Sturgeon Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Idlewild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Duvall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Luxemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Casco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Euren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Ellisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Pilsen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Gregorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Krok
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Krok is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
- Stangelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Curran
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Curran is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
- Algoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Bolt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Kewaunee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Zander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Zander is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
- Tisch Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Maribel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Rosecrans
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rosecrans is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrans
- Larrabee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Larrabee is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Melnik
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Melnik is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melnik
- Kellnersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kellnersville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellnersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Menchalville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Menchalville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menchalville
- Fisherville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fisherville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Mishicot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mishicot is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishicot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Kingsbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Francis Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Pensaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Chase
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Oconto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Stiles Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Krakow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Oconto Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Lena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Spruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Gillett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Chicago Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Seymour
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Nichols
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Black Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Laney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Rose Lawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Frazer Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Zachow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachow
- Briarton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Pulcifer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Bonduel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Banks, see our County-by-County Page for Red Banks.
Cemeteries Near Red Banks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Banks.
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 Red Banks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Banks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicolet Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Kilian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Humboldt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spiritualist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- St. Huberts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Odiles Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Red Banks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Banks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Banks, with the one closest to Red Banks listed first.
- Wequiock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Bay Settlement
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- New Franken
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Franken is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franken
- Dyckesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Tonet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tonet is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonet
- Walhain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walhain is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhain
- Thiry Daems
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thiry Daems is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiry Daems
- Duvall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Suamico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Green Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Luxemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
- Duck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Little Suamico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
- Tremble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tremble is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble
- Cormier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cormier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Banks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Banks.
Newspapers Published in Red Banks ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Banks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Banks, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Banks.
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 Red Banks:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Manitowoc County
- Oconto County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano 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> | 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 Red Banks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Red Banks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |