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 Winneboujou (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 Winneboujou. 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 and hospitals 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.
Winneboujou is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), Saint Louis (MN), Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Winneboujou. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winneboujou:
- Douglas County (The home county of Winneboujou)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winneboujou, with the one closest to Winneboujou listed first.
- Lake Nebagamon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
- Poplar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Cloverland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cloverland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Bennett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bennett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Hawthorne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Sauntry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Solon Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- South Range
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Saunders
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saunders is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Superior Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Superior
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Dedham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dedham is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Bayfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winneboujou, with the one closest to Winneboujou listed first.
- Delta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Sutherland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Moquah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Benoit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Cable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Mason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sawyer County
- Seeley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Washburn County
- Minong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Lake County (MN)
- Knife River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winneboujou, with the one closest to Winneboujou listed first.
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Duluth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duluth is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winneboujou, see our County-by-County Page for Winneboujou.
Cemeteries Near Winneboujou ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winneboujou.
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 Winneboujou - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winneboujou covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winneboujou, with the one closest to Winneboujou listed first.
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blueberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barnes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Glade Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ever Rest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oulu Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Poplar Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Parkview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Bennett Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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 Winneboujou in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winneboujou.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winneboujou, with the one closest to Winneboujou listed first.
- Brule
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brule is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
- Blueberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blueberry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry
- Muskeg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muskeg is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskeg
- Maple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Iron River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
- Poplar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Hawthorne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Topside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Sauntry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Pike River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Cutter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cutter is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
- South Range
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Range is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Drummond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drummond is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
- Ino
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ino is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ino
- Itasca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Itasca is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itasca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winneboujou. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winneboujou.
Newspapers Published in Winneboujou ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winneboujou.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winneboujou, 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 Winneboujou.
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 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 Winneboujou:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bayfield County
- Sawyer County
- Washburn County
- Lake County
- Saint Louis 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 Winneboujou, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winneboujou) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |