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 Wickware (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 Wickware. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Wickware is located in Barron 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 Barron County: Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Wickware. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wickware:
- Barron County (The home county of Wickware)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- Cameron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Barron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Chetek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Dallas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Poskin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poskin
- Poskin is located in Barron County
- Rice Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Twin Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Prairie Farm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Almena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Haugen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Turtle Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- New Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
- New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Bloomer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Eagleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Albertville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- Ridgeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Colfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Boyceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
- Boyceville is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
- Tainter Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tainter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Downing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Downing is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Knapp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Clear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
- Amery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
- Amery is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
- Volga ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- Strickland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Weyerhaeuser
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weyerhaeuser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Apollonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Bruce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Port Arthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Saint Croix County
- Glenwood City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
- Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Glenwood City
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- Nobleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Birchwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Madge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Shell Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wickware, see our County-by-County Page for Wickware.
Newspapers Published in Wickware ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wickware.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wickware, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wickware.
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 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 Wickware:
- 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 Barron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chippewa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dunn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Polk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rusk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Saint Croix County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washburn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chippewa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Barron County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Wickware ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wickware.
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 Wickware covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- New Scandinavia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Scandinavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Scandinavia Cemetery
- Otterholt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otterholt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otterholt Cemetery
- Wayside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayside Cemetery
- Old Hillsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Hillsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hillsdale Cemetery
- Pleasant Plain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Plain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Plain Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
- Dallas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dallas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dallas Cemetery
- Faaberg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faaberg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faaberg Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery
- Continue List (119 more) ...
- Sioux Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sioux Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sioux Creek Cemetery
- Meadows Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadows Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadows Creek Cemetery
- Swede Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swede Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swede Cemetery
- Sioux Creek 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wickware in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wickware.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wickware, with the one closest to Wickware listed first.
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Cameron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Barron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Barron is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Dallas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Chetek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Rice Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Prairie Farm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Lehigh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Almena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Sand Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Comstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Haugen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Turtle Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Haugen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wickware. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wickware.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wickware. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Barron County: www.co.barron.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wickware) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wickware. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3513, Longitude: -91.7863 In this case, the coordinates for Wickware have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wickware, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |