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 Reserve (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 Reserve. 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 and doctors 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.
Reserve is located in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Reserve. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reserve:
- Sawyer County (The home county of Reserve)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve, with the one closest to Reserve listed first.
- Chief Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chief Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Little Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Couderay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Stone Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- New Post
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Hayward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Radisson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Phipps
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Seeley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Exeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Winter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Barron County
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve, with the one closest to Reserve listed first.
- Bruce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Apollonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve, with the one closest to Reserve listed first.
- Birchwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Madge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Earl
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Nobleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Spooner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Minong
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Shell Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reserve, see our County-by-County Page for Reserve.
Newspapers Published in Reserve ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reserve.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reserve, 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 Reserve.
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 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 Reserve:
- 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 Sawyer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washburn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Barron County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sawyer County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Reserve ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reserve.
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 Reserve covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reserve, with the one closest to Reserve listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Round Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Lake Cemetery
- Indian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Radisson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Radisson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Radisson Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Bellile Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellile Cemetery
- Mennonite Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lukes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
- Exeland Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Exeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Exeland Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89566 <3>
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- Winter Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winter Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
- St. Peters 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, Reserve had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reserve, with the one closest to Reserve listed first.
- Hayward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Phipps
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Nobleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Cable
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Spooner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Minong
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Shell Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Haugen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reserve. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reserve.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Reserve. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sawyer County: www.sawyercountygov.org/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Reserve) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Reserve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8813, Longitude: -91.3856 |
| <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 Reserve, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |