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 Webster (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 Webster. 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.
Webster is located in Burnett 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 Burnett County: Chisago (MN), Pine (MN), Barron, Douglas, Polk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Webster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Webster:
- Burnett County (The home county of Webster)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Siren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hertel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Alpha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alpha is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Webb Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Bashaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Grantsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Randall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Barron County
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Douglas County
- Moose Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Clam Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Frederic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Atlas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Luck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Luck is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Milltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Bunyan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Balsam Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Centuria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Spooner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Shell Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Earl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Minong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Duxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Cloverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Kingsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Rock Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beroun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beroun is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
- Askov
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hinckley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Webster, see our County-by-County Page for Webster.
Cemeteries Near Webster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Webster.
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 Webster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Webster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chelmo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orange Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perida Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clam Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Viola Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Karlsborg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Sand Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Siren.
- The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mud Hen Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88516 <3>
- Peet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Freya Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Webster in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Webster.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Clam Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Grantsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Bashaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Trade Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trade Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
- West Denmark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Denmark is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
- Shell Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Spooner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Barronett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barronett is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
- Cushing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cushing is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Randall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rock Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bunyan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bunyan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Wolf Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Mission Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mission Creek is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Webster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Webster.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Webster ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Webster.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Webster. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Webster and those printed in the larger area surrounding Webster.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Webster.
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 helpful 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 Webster:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Burnett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Douglas County
- Polk County
- Washburn County
- Pine 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Webster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Webster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |