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 Wilcox (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 Wilcox. 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.
Wilcox is located in Marinette 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 Marinette County: Dickinson (MI), Menominee (MI), Florence, Forest & Oconto.
Below are the counties that are near Wilcox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilcox:
- Marinette County (The home county of Wilcox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Peshtigo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Coleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Marinette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Rubys Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rubys Corner is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubys Corner
- Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,136 people
- Crivitz
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Crivitz is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crivitz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Sweetheart City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sweetheart City is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetheart City
- Wausaukee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wausaukee is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Dyckesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dyckesville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyckesville
- Benderville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Benderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benderville
- Suamico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Flintville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Wequiock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wequiock is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequiock
- Bay Settlement
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bay Settlement is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Settlement
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Door County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Little Sturgeon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
- Namur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Namur is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur
- Brussels
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brussels is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
- Idlewild
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Idlewild is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Rosiere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rosiere is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
- Sturgeon Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
- Egg Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Forestville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Salona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salona is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Fish Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fish Creek is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Duvall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Euren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Euren is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
- Gregorville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
- Oconto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Oconto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Pensaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Stiles Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Oconto Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
- Hickory Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Frostville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frostville is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
- Chase
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Gillett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gillett is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Krakow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Krakow is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
- Suring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Suring is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Breed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Breed is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
- Shawano County
- Pulcifer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pulcifer is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulcifer
- Menominee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Menominee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kew is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kew
- Birch Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birch Creek is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek
- Carbondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Wallace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Koss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Koss is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koss
- Ingalls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ingalls is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
- Longrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Longrie is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longrie
- Arthur Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur Bay is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Bay
- Kells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kells is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kells
- Stephenson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilcox, see our County-by-County Page for Wilcox.
Cemeteries Near Wilcox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilcox.
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 Wilcox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilcox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Garden of Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cullen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peshtigo Fire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo Fire Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Peshtigo.
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oconto Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marinette County Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenwood Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Lena Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Wilcox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilcox.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Peshtigo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peshtigo is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshtigo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,326 people
- Oconto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oconto is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Porterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Porterfield is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Coleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Pound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pound is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Pensaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pensaukee is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensaukee
- Marinette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marinette is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marinette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,466 people
- Menominee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Stiles Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stiles Junction is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles Junction
- Stiles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stiles is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brookside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Spruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spruce is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Oconto Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilcox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilcox.
Newspapers Published in Wilcox ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilcox.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilcox, 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 Wilcox.
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 Wilcox:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Marinette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Door County
- Kewaunee County
- Oconto County
- Shawano County
- Menominee 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 Wilcox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilcox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |