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 Unity (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 Unity. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Unity is primarily located in Marathon County. A portion of Unity extends into Clark 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 Marathon County: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Unity. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Unity:
- Marathon County (The home county of Unity)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- McMillan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Milan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Marathon County
- Stratford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Fenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Wien
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wien
- Wien is located in Marathon County
- Rozellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozellville
- Rozellville is located in Marathon County
- Edgar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Edgar is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Poniatowski
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poniatowski
- Poniatowski is located in Marathon County
- Rangeline
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangeline
- Rangeline is located in Marathon County
- Rib Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Falls
- Rib Falls is located in Marathon County
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Colby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Riplinger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riplinger
- Riplinger is located in Clark County
- Abbotsford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbotsford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Atwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Atwood is located in Clark County
- Curtiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Veefkind
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Loyal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Spokeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Owen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Chili
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Stetsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Medford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Lublin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Interwald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Perkinstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perkinstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinstown
- Perkinstown is located in Taylor County
- Chelsea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Marshfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Bakerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Bakerville is located in Wood County
- Hewitt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
- Hewitt is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Lindsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Auburndale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburndale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Auburndale is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
- Arpin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Blenker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenker
- Blenker is located in Wood County
- Sherry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Sherry is located in Wood County
- Milladore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milladore
- Milladore is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Pittsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Vesper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Vesper is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Unity, see our County-by-County Page for Unity.
Cemeteries Near Unity ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Unity.
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 Unity covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Brighton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brighton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brighton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Colby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colby Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Beaver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Spencer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Spencer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Spencer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Grove Cemetery
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215127 <3>
- Abbotsford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbotsford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992638 <3>
- Abbotsford Public Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbotsford Public Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbotsford Public Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Coles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coles Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southeast of Riplinger.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307671 <3>
- Continue List (124 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Curtiss Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtiss Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtiss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Salem 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 Unity had a population of 318 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Unity had a population of 329 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Colby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Abbotsford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbotsford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Curtiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- McMillan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Loyal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Spokeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Veefkind
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Weber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Milan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Marathon County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wuertsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wuertsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuertsburg
- Wuertsburg is located in Marathon County
- Corinth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Longwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wuertsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Unity. See our List of 1890's Communities around Unity.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Unity ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Unity.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Unity. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Unity and those printed in the larger area surrounding Unity.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Unity.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Unity:
- 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 Marathon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Taylor County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Marathon County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Unity. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marathon County: www.co.marathon.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 '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- Unity) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Unity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8519, Longitude: -90.3174 In this case, the coordinates for Unity 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 Unity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |