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 Shoemaker Point (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 Shoemaker Point. 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 Shoemaker Point ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Shoemaker Point: Shoemaker Pt.
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 and 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.
Shoemaker Point is located in Door County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Shoemaker Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shoemaker Point:
- Door County (The home county of Shoemaker Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Namur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Brussels
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Rosiere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Little Sturgeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Sturgeon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Forestville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Idlewild
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Sturgeon Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Egg Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Dyckesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Benderville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Wequiock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Bay Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bay Settlement. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Sugar Bush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
- Suamico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Poland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Preble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Preble is located in Brown County
- Duck Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Duck Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Green Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Howard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Flintville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Duvall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Euren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Gregorville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Luxemburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Casco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Algoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Ellisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellisville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Pilsen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Krok
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Kewaunee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Stangelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Curran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Tisch Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisch Mills
- Tisch Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Zander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander
- Zander is located in Manitowoc County
- Hickory Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Maribel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
- Maribel is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Marinette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Peshtigo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Marinette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Coleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Pensaukee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Oconto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Stiles Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stiles Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Chase
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Lena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Oconto Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Spruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Gillett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Laney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Rose Lawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Menominee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Menominee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Menominee is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,967 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menominee <3>
- Kew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shoemaker Point, see our County-by-County Page for Shoemaker Point.
Cemeteries Near Shoemaker Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shoemaker Point.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shoemaker Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Duvall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duvall Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duvall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- White Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Star Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Huberts Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Huberts Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Huberts Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gospel Truth Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gospel Truth Hall Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gospel Truth Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Precious Blood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Precious Blood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Precious Blood Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the south of Brussels.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963100 <5>
- Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Odiles Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Odiles Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Odiles Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323940 <5>
- St. Martins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Martins Cemetery
- The St. Martins Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Martins Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89064 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Shoemaker Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shoemaker Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shoemaker Point, with the one closest to Shoemaker Point listed first.
- Namur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Duvall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Dyckesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Brussels
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Rosiere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Thiry Daems
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thiry Daems have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiry Daems
- Thiry Daems is located in Kewaunee County
- Tonet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Euren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Maplewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Little Sturgeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Sturgeon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Pensaukee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Walhain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Luxemburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Casco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Casco is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Rio Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Luxemburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shoemaker Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shoemaker Point.
Newspapers Published in Shoemaker Point ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shoemaker Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shoemaker Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shoemaker Point.
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 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 Shoemaker Point:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Door County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kewaunee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Manitowoc County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marinette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Menominee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Door County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Door County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shoemaker Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Door County: www.co.door.wi.gov/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Shoemaker Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shoemaker Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7206, Longitude: -87.7207 In this case, the coordinates for Shoemaker Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Shoemaker Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |