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 River (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 River. 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 Red River ...
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 Red River: Red Riv.
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 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.
Red River is located in Shawano 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.
Below are the counties that are near Red River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red River:
- Shawano County (The home county of Red River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Gresham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Shawano
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Middle Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Leopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Pella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Lunds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Cecil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Bonduel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Bowler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Slab City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Almon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Pulcifer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Pittsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Phlox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- White Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Antigo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Bryant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Elderon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Norrie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Galloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Keshena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Neopit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Zoar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Gillett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Suring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Breed
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Frostville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Hickory Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Armstrong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Chase
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Oconto Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Spruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Leeman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Nichols
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Shiocton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Black Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Seymour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Embarrass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Clintonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Big Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Manawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- New London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Iola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Ogdensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red River, see our County-by-County Page for Red River.
Cemeteries Near Red River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red River.
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 Red River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Hermansfort Cemetery
- St. John's Hermansfort Cemetery
- Lake Drive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Drive Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Drive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lake Drive Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lundquist Cemetery
- Red Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Francis Solanus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Solanus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Solanus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
- The Friendship Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lange Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shawano City Cemetery
- St. Michael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- The St. Michaels Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89123 <4>
- Elias Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elias Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elias Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bomke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bomke Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bomke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bomke Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belle Plaine Cemetery
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Roosevelt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roosevelt Cemetery
- The Roosevelt Cemetery has also been known as:
- LDS Cemetery
- LDS Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963855 <4>
- Seneca Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seneca Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seneca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88991 <4>
- Roosevelt 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.<5>
While we didn't find Red River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red River, with the one closest to Red River listed first.
- Gresham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Keshena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Shawano
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Leopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Pella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Belle Plaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Plaine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Embarrass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Caroline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Cecil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Buckbee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Bonduel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clintonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Hunting
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Pulcifer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Clintonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red River.
Newspapers Published in Red River ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red River, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red River.
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 websites either 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 River:
- 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 Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Red River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shawano County: www.co.shawano.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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Red River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8250, Longitude: -88.7045 In this case, the coordinates for Red River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |