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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 Sherry Junction (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 Sherry Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Sherry Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Sherry Junction: Sherry Jct. (or less commonly used: Sherry Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors 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.

Sherry Junction is located in Langlade 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 Langlade County: Forest, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida & Shawano.

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

  • Langlade County     (The home county of Sherry Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Bryant
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Bryant is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Neva Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
    • Lily
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lily is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
    • Deerbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
    • Kempster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kempster is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
    • Antigo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Antigo is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
    • White Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • White Lake is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • Freeman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Freeman is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Phlox
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Phlox is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
    • Langlade
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Langlade is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
    • Post Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
    • Elcho
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Elcho is located in Langlade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
  • Forest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Mole Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Mole Lake is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
    • Crandon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Crandon is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
    • Padus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Padus is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
    • Laona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Laona is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
    • Atkins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Atkins is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Dudley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Dudley is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
    • Gleason
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Gleason is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
    • Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
    • Jeffris
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
    • Harrison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
  • Marathon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Glandon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Glandon is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
    • Norrie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Norrie is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrie
    • Hatley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hatley is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Sunset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Nutterville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Nutterville is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Zoar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Zoar is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
    • Neopit
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
    • Keshena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Keshena is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
    • Legend Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
  • Oconto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Townsend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Townsend is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
    • Mountain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mountain is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Armstrong
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Breed
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Breed is located in Oconto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Jennings
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jennings is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
    • Pelican Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
    • Monico
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Monico is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherry Junction, with the one closest to Sherry Junction listed first.
    • Mattoon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Mattoon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Aniwa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Almon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Almon is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
    • Regina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Regina is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
    • Birnamwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
    • Middle Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Middle Village is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
    • Bowler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bowler is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Eland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Eland is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Gresham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Gresham is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
    • Wittenberg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people

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

Cemeteries Near Sherry Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherry Junction.

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 Sherry Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bent Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sherry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Neva Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Neva Corners.
    • The St. Wencels Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bohemian Cemetery
    • St. Wencels Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407735 <1>
  • Antigo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Queen of Peace Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lily Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Norwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...

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

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

  • Bryant
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Bryant is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Elton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elton is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Lily
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lily is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
  • Deerbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Antigo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Antigo is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
  • Kempster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kempster is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
  • Phlox
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Phlox is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
  • Koepenick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Koepenick is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koepenick
  • Elmhurst
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmhurst is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
  • Summit Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
  • Post Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
  • Elcho
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elcho is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Aniwa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Hogarty
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hogarty is located in Marathon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogarty
    • Pelican Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake

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

Newspapers Published in Sherry Junction ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherry Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherry Junction, 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 Sherry Junction.

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 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 Sherry Junction:

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 Sherry Junction, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sherry Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.