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 Wilmot (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 Wilmot. 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 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.
Wilmot is located in Kenosha 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 Kenosha County: Lake (IL), McHenry (IL), Racine & Walworth.
Below are the counties that are near Wilmot. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilmot:
- Kenosha County (The home county of Wilmot)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Camp Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Salem Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Benet Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Paddock Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Powers Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Slades Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Woodworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Brighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Milwaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Union Church
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union Church is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
- Saint Martins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Martins is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Greendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greendale is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,127 people
- Hales Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hales Corners is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Corners
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,553 people
- Oak Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
- Racine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Bohners Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Browns Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Browns Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
- Burlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
- Eagle Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Union Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
- Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
- Honey Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Waterford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,618 people
- Yorkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkville is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Sturtevant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sturtevant is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturtevant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,637 people
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
- Franksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franksville is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Genoa City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Genoa City is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
- Pell Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Voree ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Voree is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voree
- Lake Geneva
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Zenda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Como
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Como is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Lake Como Beach ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como Beach is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como Beach
- Spring Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Prairie
- Lake Como
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Bowers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Big Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Big Bend is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
- Durham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Mukwonago
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mukwonago is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mukwonago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,107 people
- Muskego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Muskego is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Eagleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Tess Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tess Corners is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tess Corners
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Prospect is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Eagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,193 people
- Boone County (IL)
- Capron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Barrington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Capri Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Inverness
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palatine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- South Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Wheeling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Winthrop Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Kane County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Carpentersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Freeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Kane County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- West Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gilberts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Channel Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Fox Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Lake Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fox Lake Hills is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Hills
- Lake Villa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Villa is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,525 people
- Monaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monaville is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaville
- Ingleside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Round Lake Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Long Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Long Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Lindenhurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lindenhurst is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,117 people
- Lindenhurst has also been known as:
- Lindenhurst village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindenhurst <1>
- Millburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millburn is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- McHenry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Spring Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pistakee Highlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Johnsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ringwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakemoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McCullom Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Wonder Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
- Wonder Lake has also been known as:
- Wonder Lake village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <1>
- Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilmot, see our County-by-County Page for Wilmot.
Cemeteries Near Wilmot ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilmot.
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 Wilmot - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilmot covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Wilmot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- English Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orvis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wray - Imeson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sprind Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Cole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grass Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Alphonsus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wilmot in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilmot.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilmot, with the one closest to Wilmot listed first.
- Camp Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Bassett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Salem Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Spring Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- New Munster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Munster is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Munster
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Solon Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loon Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Antioch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Slades Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilmot. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilmot.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wilmot ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilmot.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wilmot. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wilmot and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wilmot.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> of Wilmot.
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 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 Wilmot:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Kenosha County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Milwaukee County
- Racine County
- Walworth County
- Waukesha County
- Boone County
- Cook County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- McHenry 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilmot) 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 Wilmot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |