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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 Shanagolden (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 Shanagolden. 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 doctors and 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.

Shanagolden is located in Ashland 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 Ashland County: Bayfield, Iron, Price & Sawyer.

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

  • Ashland County     (The home county of Shanagolden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shanagolden, with the one closest to Shanagolden listed first.
    • Glidden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Glidden is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
    • Butternut
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Butternut is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Tannery Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
    • Mellen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Mellen is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
    • White City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • White City is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • High Bridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
    • Marengo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Marengo is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • White River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • White River is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
  • Bayfield County
    • Mason
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mason is located in Bayfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shanagolden, with the one closest to Shanagolden listed first.
    • Cedar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cedar is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
    • Montreal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Montreal is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
    • Manitowish
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Manitowish is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
    • Gile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Gile is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
  • Price County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shanagolden, with the one closest to Shanagolden listed first.
    • Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lake is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
    • Kennedy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Kennedy is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Park Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Park Falls is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
    • Fifield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fifield is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
    • Lugerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lugerville is located in Price County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
  • Sawyer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shanagolden, with the one closest to Shanagolden listed first.
    • Winter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Winter is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • New Post
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • New Post is located in Sawyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post

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

Cemeteries Near Shanagolden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shanagolden.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Morse Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cayuga Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Cecelia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Nola Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Loretta Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Home Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Maple Grove Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Birch Lake Church Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Moe Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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 Shanagolden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shanagolden.

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

  • Glidden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glidden is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
  • Morse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Morse is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Butternut
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Butternut is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
  • Mellen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mellen is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
  • Park Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Falls is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
  • High Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
  • Fifield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fifield is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
  • Marengo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marengo is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
  • Coolidge ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Coolidge is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
  • Sedgwick
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
  • Sanborn
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanborn is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
  • Mercer
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Mercer is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
  • Birch
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Birch is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
  • Mason
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mason is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people

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

Newspapers Published in Shanagolden ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shanagolden.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shanagolden, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shanagolden.

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 Shanagolden:

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 Shanagolden, 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- Shanagolden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.