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 Silver Lake (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 Silver Lake. 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 Silver Lake ...
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 Silver Lake: Silver Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Silver Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Lake.
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 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.
Silver Lake is located in Waushara 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 Waushara County: Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, Portage, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Silver Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Lake:
- Waushara County (The home county of Silver Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Wautoma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Mount Morris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Lohrville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Redgranite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Wild Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Pine River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Poy Sippi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Coloma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coloma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Hancock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- West Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Plainfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Leola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Big Flats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Adams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Friendship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Ripon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Fairwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Metomen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- West Rosendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Marquette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Markesan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Utley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Neshkoro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Germania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Westfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Montello
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Glen Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Packwaukee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Endeavor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Douglas Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Amherst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Arnott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Nelsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Rural
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- King
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Waupaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Cobb Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Fremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Sheridan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Weyauwega
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Gills Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Baldwins Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Scandinavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Ogdensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Ostrander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Orihula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Omro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Zittau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Winneconne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Harbor Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Pickett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Reighmoor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Fisk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Allenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Fitzgerald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Lake.
Cemeteries Near Silver Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Lake.
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 Silver Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Marion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wautoma Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Dakota Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Howes Corners Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (198 more) ...
- Emmanuel Evangelical Crystal Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Silver Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Spring Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Mount Morris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Neshkoro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Dakota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dakota is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Wild Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Pine River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Richford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Richford is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
- Saxeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Germania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Poy Sippi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Brushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brushville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Coloma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coloma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Harrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Lake.
Newspapers Published in Silver Lake ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Lake, 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 Silver Lake.
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 Silver Lake:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waushara County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Marquette County
- Portage County
- Waupaca County
- Winnebago 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 Silver Lake, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |