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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 Rhine (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 Rhine. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Rhine is located in Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Ozaukee & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Rhine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rhine:
- Sheboygan County (The home county of Rhine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Elkhart Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Johnsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Glenbeulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Howards Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Sheboygan Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
- Waldo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Kohler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Ourtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ourtown is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ourtown
- Cascade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Sheboygan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
- Adell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Oostburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oostburg is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oostburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,082 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Wayside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Askeaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Morrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morrison is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- New Holstein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Hayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Chilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Brothertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Potter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Brant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Quinney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Hilbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Brillion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Stockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Saint John
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Forest Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Dodge County
- Lomira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Saint Cloud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Banner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Graham Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Corners is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Corners
- Calvary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Mount Calvary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Armstrong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Garnet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Johnsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Malone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Dotyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Calumetville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Gladstone Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Linden Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Millhome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
- Louis Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Kiel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- School Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Steinthal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Osman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Osman is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
- Saint Nazianz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
- Valders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Valders is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valders
- Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
- Newton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Collins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Collins is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Ozaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Sauk Trail Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sauk Trail Beach is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk Trail Beach
- Belgium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belgium is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,364 people
- Kohler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kohler is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Lake Church
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Church is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Church
- Waubeka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waubeka is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waubeka
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,251 people
- Holy Cross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Boltonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boltonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Fillmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Saint Michaels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Michaels is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michaels
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Newburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
- Wayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Point Comfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Black Wolf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Stony Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rhine, see our County-by-County Page for Rhine.
Cemeteries Near Rhine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rhine.
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 Rhine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rhine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- St. George Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. John German Evangelical Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elkhart Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- The Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Evangical and Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229617 <1>
- Zoar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87571 <1>
- Schwartzwald Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schleswig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kiel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rhine had a population of 131 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rhine, with the one closest to Rhine listed first.
- Millhome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Ada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Louis Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- Johnsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Kiel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- Glenbeulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- School Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
- Howards Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Meeme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meeme is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeme
- Hulls Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hulls Crossing is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossing
- Greenbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Steinthal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Meggers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meggers is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meggers
- New Holstein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rhine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rhine.
Newspapers Published in Rhine ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rhine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rhine, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rhine.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Rhine:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sheboygan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Manitowoc County
- Ozaukee County
- Washington County
- Winnebago 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 Rhine, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rhine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |