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 Winchester (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 Winchester. 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.
Winchester is located in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Waupaca & Waushara.
Below are the counties that are near Winchester. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winchester:
- Winnebago County (The home county of Winchester)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Medina Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Allenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Winneconne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Zittau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Fox Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Orihula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Harbor Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Adella Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Neenah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Menasha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Omro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Sniderville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
- Wrightstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Askeaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Greenleaf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Sherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Stockbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Kaukauna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Quinney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Saint John
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Dundas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Brothertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Brant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Forest Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Hilbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Chilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ripon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Calumetville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Rosendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- West Rosendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Garnet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Gladstone Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Linden Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- North Fond du Lac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Johnsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Minawa Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Metomen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Medina
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Hortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Appleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Apple Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Combined Locks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Shiocton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Little Chute
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Black Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Bear Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Shawano County
- Briarton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- New London
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Weyauwega
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Baldwins Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Waupaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Ogdensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- King
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Rural
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Redgranite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Mount Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Wild Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winchester, see our County-by-County Page for Winchester.
Cemeteries Near Winchester ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winchester.
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 Winchester - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winchester covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Grace Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Winchester Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Royer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Medina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Medina Cemetery
- The South Medina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Medina Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allenville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Town Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Village of Winneconne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Winneconne Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Winchester in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winchester.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winchester, with the one closest to Winchester listed first.
- Larsen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Larsen is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larsen
- Medina Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Allenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Medina
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dale is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Butte des Morts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Butte des Morts is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte des Morts
- Zittau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Readfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Readfield is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
- Orihula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Snells
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snells is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Winnebago
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winnebago is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnebago
- Neenah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winchester. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winchester.
Newspapers Published in Winchester ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winchester.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winchester, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winchester.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Winchester:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Winnebago County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Outagamie County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Winchester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Winchester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |