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 Sheldon (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 Sheldon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sheldon is located in Rusk 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 Rusk County: Barron, Chippewa, Price, Sawyer, Taylor & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Sheldon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sheldon:
- Rusk County (The home county of Sheldon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Conrath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Tony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Ladysmith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Port Arthur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Glen Flora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ingram
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Hawkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Bruce
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Apollonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Weyerhaeuser
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Strickland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Estella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Cornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Drywood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Stanley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Boyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Cadott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Eagleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Bloomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- New Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Eadsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eidsvold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Thorp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thorp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Reseburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reseburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reseburg
- Withee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Kennan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sawyer County
- Exeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Jump River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Gilman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Polley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polley
- Bellinger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bellinger is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellinger
- Perkinstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Lublin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lublin is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sheldon, see our County-by-County Page for Sheldon.
Cemeteries Near Sheldon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sheldon.
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 Sheldon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sheldon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Donald Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hannibal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holcombe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin Mission Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Lawrence Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tony Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow River Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- Old Ladysmith Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Servants of Mary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estella Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Sheldon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sheldon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sheldon, with the one closest to Sheldon listed first.
- Estella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Perkinstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Drywood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drywood is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
- Kennan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Stanley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
- Eidsvold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eidsvold is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidsvold
- Boyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Thorp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thorp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Cadott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Edson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edson is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Lombard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lombard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Eagleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagle Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sheldon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sheldon.
Newspapers Published in Sheldon ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheldon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sheldon, 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 Sheldon.
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 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 Sheldon:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Rusk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Clark County
- Price County
- Sawyer County
- Taylor 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 Sheldon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sheldon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |