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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 Twelve Corners (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 Twelve Corners. 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.
Name Variations for Twelve Corners ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Twelve Corners: Twelve Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Twelve Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Twelve Corners.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals 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.
Twelve Corners is located in Outagamie 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 Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Twelve Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twelve Corners:
- Outagamie County (The home county of Twelve Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Black Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
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- Shiocton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Chicago Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Seymour
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Appleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Combined Locks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Hortonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Sniderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Wrightstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Hobart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Oneida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
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- Pittsfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
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- Greenleaf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
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- Ashwaubenon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- De Pere
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Askeaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Allouez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Duck Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Kaukauna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Dundas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Sherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Forest Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Saint John
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Hilbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Stockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Brillion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Brant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
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- Potter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Quinney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Menchalville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menchalville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menchalville
- Reedsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Chase
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Krakow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Briarton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
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- Rose Lawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Laney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Frazer Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Lunds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunds
- Slab City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Zachow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Zachow is located in Shawano County
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- Belle Plaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
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- Shawano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Cecil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Pella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
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- Clintonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Fremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
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- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Weyauwega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Baldwins Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
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- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Ogdensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Fox Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Menasha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Medina Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Adella Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Allenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Zittau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Orihula
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Winneconne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Oshkosh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Harbor Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twelve Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Twelve Corners.
Cemeteries Near Twelve Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twelve Corners.
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 Twelve Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twelve Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Petri Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Petri Cemetery
- The St. Petri Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Old St. Peters Cemetery
- Freedom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Binghamton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sassman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freedom Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freedom Twp. Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> to the southwest of Freedom.
- The Freedom Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Randerson Cemetery
- Grand Chute Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bovina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Rexford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ellington Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Twelve Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twelve Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twelve Corners, with the one closest to Twelve Corners listed first.
- Binghamton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
- Mackville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mackville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Black Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Stephensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stephensville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensville
- Shiocton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Appleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Little Chute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Hortonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Combined Locks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kaukauna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Darboy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Darboy is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darboy
- Sniderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twelve Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twelve Corners.
Newspapers Published in Twelve Corners ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twelve Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twelve Corners, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Twelve Corners.
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 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 Twelve Corners:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Outagamie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Manitowoc County
- Oconto County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Twelve Corners) 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 Twelve Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |