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 Saxon (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 Saxon. 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.
Saxon is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Gogebic (MI), Ashland, Price & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Saxon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saxon:
- Iron County (The home county of Saxon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saxon, with the one closest to Saxon listed first.
- Cedar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Montreal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montreal is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Gile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gile is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
- Hurley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saxon, with the one closest to Saxon listed first.
- Odanah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- High Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Mellen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Tannery Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Marengo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- White River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Glidden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- La Pointe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- La Pointe is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
- Bayfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saxon, with the one closest to Saxon listed first.
- Washburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Bayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Gogebic County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saxon, with the one closest to Saxon listed first.
- Ironwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- North Ironwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
- Yale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Bessemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ramsay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Wakefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Connorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Connorville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
- Thomaston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Hartley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saxon, see our County-by-County Page for Saxon.
Cemeteries Near Saxon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saxon.
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 Saxon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saxon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saxon, with the one closest to Saxon listed first.
- Lake View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Historic Indian Burial Grounds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ironwood (MI).
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ironwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1499 <2>
- Odanah Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Morse Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Saxon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saxon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saxon, with the one closest to Saxon listed first.
- Birch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Sedgwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Hurley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Ironwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jessieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jessieville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
- Siemens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Siemens is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
- Odanah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- High Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Mellen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Bessemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Ramsay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- White River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- White River is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Morse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Wakefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saxon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saxon.
Newspapers Published in Saxon ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saxon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saxon, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saxon.
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 helpful 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 Saxon:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Iron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Bayfield County
- Gogebic 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Saxon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saxon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |