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 Van Buskirk (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 Van Buskirk. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Van Buskirk is located in Iron 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 Iron County: Gogebic (MI), Ashland, Price & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Van Buskirk. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Van Buskirk:
- Iron County (The home county of Van Buskirk)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- Gile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gile is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
- Hurley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Montreal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Montreal is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Cedar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Manitowish
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manitowish is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- Tannery Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Mellen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Glidden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glidden is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
- High Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Odanah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Butternut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Vilas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- Katinka Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Katinka Village is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katinka Village
- Manitowish Waters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manitowish Waters is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowish Waters
- Gogebic County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- Ironwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Bessemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Ironwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
- Ramsay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Wakefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Hartley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- Connorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Connorville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
- Marenisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Gogebic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gogebic is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
- Ontonagon County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- Lake Gogebic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
- Bergland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Van Buskirk, see our County-by-County Page for Van Buskirk.
Cemeteries Near Van Buskirk ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Van Buskirk.
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 Van Buskirk - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Van Buskirk covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ironwood (MI).
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ironwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1499 <2>
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake View Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Winchester Memorial Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Historic Indian Burial Grounds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Presque Isle Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marenisco Twp. Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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 Van Buskirk in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Van Buskirk.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Van Buskirk, with the one closest to Van Buskirk listed first.
- Ironwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hurley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hurley is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Jessieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jessieville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
- Siemens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Siemens is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siemens
- Bessemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
- Wakefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thomaston is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- Mercer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mercer is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Hartley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hartley is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Hartley has also been known as:
- Hartleys
- Sedgwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sedgwick is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Wellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wellington is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Birch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Morse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Mellen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Van Buskirk. See our List of 1890's Communities around Van Buskirk.
Newspapers Published in Van Buskirk ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Van Buskirk.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Van Buskirk, 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 Van Buskirk.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Van Buskirk:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Iron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Vilas County
- Gogebic County
- Ontonagon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Van Buskirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Van Buskirk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |