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 Swan (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 Swan. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Swan is located in Marathon 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Swan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swan:
- Marathon County (The home county of Swan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swan, with the one closest to Swan listed first.
- Milan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milan is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Wien
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wien is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wien
- Fenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fenwood is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Edgar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edgar is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Poniatowski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poniatowski is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poniatowski
- Stratford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stratford is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Rib Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rib Falls is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Falls
- Unity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Marathon City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- McMillan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McMillan is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Rozellville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swan, with the one closest to Swan listed first.
- Abbotsford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Colby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Colby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Riplinger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riplinger is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Curtiss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Veefkind
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Veefkind is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
- Spokeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Owen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Loyal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loyal is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Withee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Greenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Lincoln County
- Merrill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Portage County
- Junction City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swan, with the one closest to Swan listed first.
- Stetsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Medford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Interwald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Interwald is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
- Chelsea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Rib Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Westboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Perkinstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swan, with the one closest to Swan listed first.
- Marshfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Hewitt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Auburndale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Bakerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Blenker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Sherry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Milladore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Arpin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arpin is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Lindsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swan, see our County-by-County Page for Swan.
Cemeteries Near Swan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swan.
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 Swan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swan, with the one closest to Swan listed first.
- St. John The Baptist Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<1> to the north of Milan.
- The St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89215 <2>
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eau Pleine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tessmer Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abbotsford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (117 more) ...
- Abbotsford Public Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Colby Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brighton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Swan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swan, with the one closest to Swan listed first.
- Wuertsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wuertsburg is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuertsburg
- Milan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milan is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Weber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Weber is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Poniatowski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poniatowski is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poniatowski
- Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Abbotsford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Colby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Colby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Rib Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rib Falls is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Falls
- Unity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- McMillan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McMillan is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Rozellville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swan.
Newspapers Published in Swan ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swan, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Swan.
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 Swan:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Marathon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Lincoln County
- Portage County
- Taylor County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Swan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Swan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |