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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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 and doctors 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.
Riverside is located in Burnett 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 Burnett County: Chisago (MN), Pine (MN), Barron, Douglas, Polk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
- Burnett County (The home county of Riverside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Webb Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Hertel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Siren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Bashaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Alpha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpha is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Grantsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Moose Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Solon Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Sauntry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Clam Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Frederic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Minong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Spooner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Earl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Shell Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Carlton County (MN)
- Holyoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Cloverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Kingsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Duxbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Bruno
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bruno is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Kerrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Askov
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sandstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside.
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Swiss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Markville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Danbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Webb Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lena Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sacred Hearts Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Native American Burial Grounds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ogema Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Orange Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Riverhill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dairyland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Minong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Bashaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Spooner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Kerrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clam Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Holyoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Holyoke is located in Carlton County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Shell Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Sauntry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Grantsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Sandstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside.
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverside.
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 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 Riverside:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Burnett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Douglas County
- Polk County
- Washburn County
- Carlton County
- Pine County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Riverside, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |