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 West Kraft (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 West Kraft. 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 West Kraft ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Kraft: W. Kraft
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 northeast 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 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.
West Kraft is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Langlade, Marathon, Oneida, Price & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near West Kraft. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Kraft:
- Lincoln County (The home county of West Kraft)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Jersey City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Tomahawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Irma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Jeffris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Dudley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Gleason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Merrill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Elcho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Kempster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Marathon County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Emmerich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Emmerich is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerich
- Hamburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hamburg is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Naugart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Naugart is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugart
- Taegesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Taegesville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taegesville
- Brokaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brokaw is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
- Estimated population in 2018: 245 people
- Glandon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glandon is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glandon
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Harshaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Newbold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Rhinelander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Hazelhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Pelican Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Monico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Price County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Prentice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Worcester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Interwald
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Interwald is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
- Rib Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Westboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Chelsea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Kraft, see our County-by-County Page for West Kraft.
Cemeteries Near West Kraft ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Kraft.
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 West Kraft - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Kraft covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prairie Rapids Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodboro Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luther Memorial Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Somo Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gleason Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parrish Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (56 more) ...
- Finnish Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 West Kraft in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Kraft.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Kraft, with the one closest to West Kraft listed first.
- Gilbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Tomahawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Bradley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Irma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Heafford Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
- Manson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manson is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- McCord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCord is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Bloomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomville
- Dudley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Jeffris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Harshaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Goodnow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Goodnow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Merrill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Brantwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brantwood is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantwood
- Newbold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Kraft. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Kraft.
Newspapers Published in West Kraft ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Kraft.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Kraft, 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 West Kraft.
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 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 West Kraft:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Langlade County
- Marathon County
- Oneida County
- Price County
- Taylor 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 West Kraft, 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' (or 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- West Kraft) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |