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 Tuscobia (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 Tuscobia. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Tuscobia is located in Barron 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 Barron County: Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Tuscobia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tuscobia:
- Barron County (The home county of Tuscobia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Haugen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Rice Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Cameron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Barron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Poskin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Almena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Chetek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Hillsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Twin Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Town is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Town
- Dallas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dallas is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Turtle Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Burnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Bashaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Hertel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Chippewa County
- New Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Dunn County
- Ridgeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeland is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Clayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Clam Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Bunyan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Strickland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Weyerhaeuser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Apollonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Bruce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Port Arthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Sawyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Stone Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Exeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Couderay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Reserve
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Radisson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Nobleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Birchwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Madge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Shell Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Spooner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Earl
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tuscobia, see our County-by-County Page for Tuscobia.
Cemeteries Near Tuscobia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tuscobia.
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 Tuscobia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tuscobia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Wiesner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nora Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stanfold Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swede Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orchard Beach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadows Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Cumberland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (101 more) ...
- Pioneer Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sarona Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Tuscobia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tuscobia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tuscobia, with the one closest to Tuscobia listed first.
- Haugen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Rice Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Nobleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Cameron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Barron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Barronett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barronett is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
- Lehigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Shell Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Comstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Comstock is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Almena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hillsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Chetek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Spooner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tuscobia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tuscobia.
Newspapers Published in Tuscobia ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tuscobia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tuscobia, 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 Tuscobia.
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 websites either 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 Tuscobia:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Barron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burnett County
- Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- Polk County
- Rusk County
- Sawyer County
- Washburn 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 Tuscobia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tuscobia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |