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 Tilleda (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 Tilleda. 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 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 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.
Tilleda is located in Shawano County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.
Below are the counties that are near Tilleda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tilleda:
- Shawano County (The home county of Tilleda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Bowler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Leopolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Gresham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Almon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Almon is located in Shawano County
- Regina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Pella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Split Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Tigerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Middle Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middle Village is located in Shawano County
- Wittenberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Mattoon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Eland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
- Eland is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Phlox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Phlox is located in Langlade County
- White Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Antigo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
- Antigo is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
- Bryant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Elderon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Norrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Galloway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Hatley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Hatley is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Pike Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Ringle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringle
- Ringle is located in Marathon County
- Menominee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Neopit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Zoar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Zoar is located in Menominee County
- Keshena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keshena
- Keshena is located in Menominee County
- Legend Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Breed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Suring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Gillett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Bear Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Leeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Nichols
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Shiocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Alban
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Rosholt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Nelsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Polonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polonia
- Polonia is located in Portage County
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Granite City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
- Granite City is located in Waupaca County
- Big Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Embarrass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Clintonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Iola
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Manawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Ogdensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogdensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Scandinavia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandinavia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Baldwins Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwins Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Ostrander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tilleda, see our County-by-County Page for Tilleda.
Cemeteries Near Tilleda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilleda.
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 Tilleda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Seneca Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seneca Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seneca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Roosevelt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roosevelt Cemetery
- The Roosevelt Cemetery has also been known as:
- LDS Cemetery
- LDS Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963855 <3>
- Elias Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elias Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elias Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88991 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwegian Luthern Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185220 <3>
- St. Francis Solanus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Solanus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Solanus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartelme Town Cemetery
- Bowler Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180760 <3>
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184901 <3>
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
- 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.
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Hermansfort Cemetery
- St. John's Hermansfort Cemetery
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Town Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Town Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Pella.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185033 <3>
- Riverside 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>
While we didn't find Tilleda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tilleda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tilleda, with the one closest to Tilleda listed first.
- Leopolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Caroline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Gresham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Pella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Regina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Tigerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Split Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
- Hunting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Whitcomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Buckbee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Wittenberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Belle Plaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Plaine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Big Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Embarrass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Plaine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tilleda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tilleda.
Newspapers Published in Tilleda ...
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 Tilleda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tilleda, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tilleda.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Tilleda:
- 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 Shawano County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marathon 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
- Oconto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Outagamie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Langlade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Shawano County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tilleda. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shawano County: www.co.shawano.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tilleda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tilleda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8155, Longitude: -88.9112 In this case, the coordinates for Tilleda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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 Tilleda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |