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 Sturgeon Bay (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 Sturgeon Bay. 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 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.

Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County and is the County Seat.

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 Sturgeon Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sturgeon Bay:

• Door County     (The home county of Sturgeon Bay)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Bay, with the one closest to Sturgeon Bay listed first.
  • Idlewild
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
    • Idlewild is located in Door County
  • Little Sturgeon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sturgeon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
    • Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
  • Forestville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
  • Brussels
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
    • Brussels is located in Door County
  • Jacksonport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
    • Jacksonport is located in Door County
  • Egg Harbor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
  • Baileys Harbor
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
    • Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
  • Ephraim
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ephraim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
    • Ephraim is located in Door County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • North Bay
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
    • North Bay is located in Door County
  • Sister Bay
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
    • Sister Bay is located in Door County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
• Brown County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Bay, with the one closest to Sturgeon Bay listed first.
  • Dyckesville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
    • Dyckesville is located in Brown County
  • Benderville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
    • Benderville is located in Brown County
  • Sugar Bush
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
    • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
• Kewaunee County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Bay, with the one closest to Sturgeon Bay listed first.
  • Algoma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
  • Gregorville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
    • Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
  • Euren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
    • Euren is located in Kewaunee County
  • Duvall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
    • Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
  • Casco
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
    • Casco is located in Kewaunee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Luxemburg
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luxemburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
    • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
  • Kewaunee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
    • Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
  • Ellisville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
    • Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
  • Krok
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krok have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok
    • Krok is located in Kewaunee County
• Marinette County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Bay, with the one closest to Sturgeon Bay listed first.
  • Marinette
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
    • Marinette is located in Marinette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
  • Peshtigo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
    • Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
  • Harmony
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Harmony is located in Marinette County
  • Rubys Corner
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubys Corner
    • Rubys Corner is located in Marinette County
• Oconto County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Bay, with the one closest to Sturgeon Bay listed first.
  • Oconto
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
    • Oconto is located in Oconto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
  • Pensaukee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pensaukee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
    • Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
• Menominee County (MI)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Sturgeon Bay, with the one closest to Sturgeon Bay listed first.
  • Menominee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <2>
  • Kew
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kew have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kew
    • Kew is located in Menominee County (MI)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sturgeon Bay ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sturgeon Bay.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sturgeon Bay. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sturgeon Bay and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sturgeon Bay.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Sturgeon Bay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sturgeon Bay:

• 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
  • 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
  • Menominee County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• 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

Cemeteries Near Sturgeon Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay.

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 Sturgeon Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• South Side Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • The South Side Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Samuelson Cemetery
  • Southside Cemetery
  • Sturgeon Bay Town Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Side Cemetery
• Schumacher - Nasewaupee Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schumacher - Nasewaupee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schumacher - Nasewaupee Cemetery
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
• Bayside Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87550 <4>
• Hainesville Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hainesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hainesville Cemetery
• Schulties Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schulties Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schulties Cemetery
• Salem Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
• Geise Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geise Cemetery
• Claybanks Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Claybanks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Claybanks Cemetery
• Stevenson Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stevenson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stevenson Cemetery
• St. Mary Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
• Whitefish Bay Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitefish Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitefish Bay Cemetery
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  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Woller Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woller Cemetery
  • Brockhausen Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brockhausen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brockhausen 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sturgeon Bay had a population of 2,195 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Sturgeon Bay had a population of 8,985 people.

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

• Salona
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
  • Salona is located in Door County
• Maplewood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Maplewood is located in Door County
• Vignes
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vignes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vignes
  • Vignes is located in Door County
• Carnot
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carnot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnot
  • Carnot is located in Door County
• Little Sturgeon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sturgeon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
  • Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
• Forestville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
• Brussels
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
  • Brussels is located in Door County
• Jacksonport
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
  • Jacksonport is located in Door County
• Namur
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Namur have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
  • Namur is located in Door County
• Rosiere
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosiere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
  • Rosiere is located in Door County
• Egg Harbor
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
• Rankin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rankin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
  • Rankin is located in Kewaunee County
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  • Euren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
    • Euren is located in Kewaunee County
  • Rio Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Creek
    • Rio Creek is located in Kewaunee County
  • Duvall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
    • Duvall is located in Kewaunee County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sturgeon Bay: www.sturgeonbaywi.org/

The official website for Door County: www.co.door.wi.gov/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/