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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 Scandinavia (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 Scandinavia. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Scandinavia is located in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.

Below are the counties that are near Scandinavia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scandinavia:

  • Waupaca County     (The home county of Scandinavia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Iola
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Iola is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • Ogdensburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Sheridan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Cobb Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • King
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • King is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Waupaca
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Rural
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rural is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Baldwins Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
    • Manawa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
    • Big Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Granite City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
    • Weyauwega
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Galloway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Galloway is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
    • Elderon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Elderon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Pike Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pike Lake is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
    • Ashley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashley is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
    • Norrie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Norrie is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Hatley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hatley is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Bear Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Hortonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
    • Shiocton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Medina
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Medina is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
    • Leeman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Leeman is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Amherst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Amherst is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
    • Amherst Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
    • Nelsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Nelsonville is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lake Emily is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
    • Garfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Garfield is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Alban
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Alban is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
    • Blaine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Blaine is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Rosholt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosholt is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
    • Arnott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Arnott is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
    • Custer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Custer is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Polonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Polonia is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
    • Ellis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ellis is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Almond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Almond is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Split Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
    • Tigerton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
    • Wittenberg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
    • Leopolis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Leopolis is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
    • Pella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pella is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Bowler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bowler is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Eland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Eland is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Belle Plaine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
    • Regina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Regina is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • West Bloomfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Saxeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Saxeville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
    • Wild Rose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
    • Pine River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Pine River is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Poy Sippi
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
    • Mount Morris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
    • Plainfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • Wautoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Silver Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Lohrville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Redgranite
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
    • Hancock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hancock is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Winnebago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Orihula
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Orihula is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
    • Zittau
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Zittau is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
    • Medina Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.
    • Biron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Biron is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Lake Wazeecha
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scandinavia, see our County-by-County Page for Scandinavia.

Cemeteries Near Scandinavia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scandinavia.

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 Scandinavia - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scandinavia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.

  • Scandinavia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Iola Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lola Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Farmington Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lower Amherst Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ogdensburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hitterdahl Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Barton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in King.
      • The Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219112 <1>
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Scandinavia had a population of 109 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Scandinavia had a population of 349 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Scandinavia, with the one closest to Scandinavia listed first.

  • Iola
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Sheridan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Ogdensburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • New Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hope is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • Amherst
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Amherst is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
  • Waupaca
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Peru
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Peru is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Nelsonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Nelsonville is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
  • Amherst Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
  • Northland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Northland is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northland
  • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Emily is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
  • Rural
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rural is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Baldwins Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
    • Garfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Garfield is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Manawa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scandinavia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scandinavia.

Newspapers Published in Scandinavia ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scandinavia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scandinavia, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scandinavia.

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 Scandinavia:

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 Scandinavia, 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 from Point A (ie- Scandinavia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.