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 Spirit (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 Spirit. 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.
Spirit is located in Price 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 Price County: Ashland, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Spirit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spirit:
- Price County (The home county of Spirit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Prentice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Worcester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Catawba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Phillips
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Kennan
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kennan is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Lugerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Jersey City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Tomahawk
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Irma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Merrill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Emmerich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emmerich is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerich
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Naugart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Naugart is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugart
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Harshaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Hazelhurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Rusk County
- Hawkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Rib Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Westboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Chelsea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Interwald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Interwald is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
- Medford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Stetsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Perkinstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spirit, see our County-by-County Page for Spirit.
Cemeteries Near Spirit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spirit.
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 Spirit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spirit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Garden of Memory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Finnish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Levitt Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Somo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prentice Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lake View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Northside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (45 more) ...
- St. Ann Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hackett Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emery Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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.<1>
While we didn't find Spirit in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spirit.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spirit, with the one closest to Spirit listed first.
- Brantwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brantwood is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantwood
- Rib Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Westboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- McCord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCord is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Worcester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Chelsea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Interwald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Interwald is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
- Tomahawk
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Bradley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Whittlesey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whittlesey is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittlesey
- Gilbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Heafford Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Catawba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Phillips
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Irma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spirit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spirit.
Newspapers Published in Spirit ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spirit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spirit, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spirit.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Spirit:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Price County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Marathon County
- Oneida County
- Rusk County
- Taylor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spirit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Spirit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |