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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 Wild Rose (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 Wild Rose. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Wild Rose is located in Waushara 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 Waushara County: Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, Portage, Waupaca & Winnebago.

Below are the counties that are near Wild Rose. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wild Rose:

  • Waushara County     (The home county of Wild Rose)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Mount Morris
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saxeville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wautoma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Pine River
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Silver Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Lohrville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lohrville is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Poy Sippi
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Redgranite
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • Hancock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hancock is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • West Bloomfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
    • Coloma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Coloma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Leola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
    • Big Flats
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • New Rome ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fond du Lac County
    • Ripon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Berlin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Princeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Green Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Marquette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Marquette is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Neshkoro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Germania
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Westfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Westfield is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Montello
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Glen Oak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Packwaukee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Outagamie County
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Blaine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Almond
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Amherst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Amherst Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
    • Lake Emily ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Arnott
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nelsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Custer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Plover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Plover is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
    • Garfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Whiting
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiting is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
    • Park Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Park Ridge is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
    • Polonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Rural
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • King
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobb Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Waupaca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
    • Sheridan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Weyauwega
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
    • Fremont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Scandinavia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
    • Baldwins Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gills Landing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ogdensburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Iola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Iola is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Winnebago County
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.
    • Grand Rapids
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Wazeecha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
    • Biron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Biron is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wild Rose, see our County-by-County Page for Wild Rose.

Cemeteries Near Wild Rose ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wild Rose.

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 Wild Rose - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wild Rose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Garesalem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Springwater Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Springwater Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lane Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dopp Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Webb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Howes Corners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bohemian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Staples Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (190 more) ...
    • Hilltop Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lord Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Wautoma Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wild Rose had a population of 68 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Wild Rose had a population of 651 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wild Rose, with the one closest to Wild Rose listed first.

  • Mount Morris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Saxeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pine River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Blaine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Almond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rural
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Lake is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
  • Poy Sippi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Brushville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Brushville is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
  • Plainfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
  • Hancock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hancock is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Richford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Richford is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dakota
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Dakota is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
    • Neshkoro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Rodney ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rodney is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wild Rose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wild Rose.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wild Rose ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wild Rose.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wild Rose. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wild Rose and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wild Rose.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Wild Rose.

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 Wild Rose:

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 Wild Rose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Wild Rose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.