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 Woodboro (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 Woodboro. 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 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.
Woodboro is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Price & Vilas.
Below are the counties that are near Woodboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodboro:
- Oneida County (The home county of Woodboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Newbold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Harshaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Rhinelander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Sugar Camp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
- Hazelhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Monico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Gagen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
- Pelican Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Woodruff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Woodruff is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Jennings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Atkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Atkins is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Hiles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hiles is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
- Mole Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Langlade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Elcho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elcho is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
- Post Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Kempster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kempster is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Jeffris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Jersey City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Tomahawk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Irma
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Dudley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Gleason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gleason is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Merrill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Vilas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Saint Germain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Germain is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Germain
- Former names for Saint Germain:
- Farmington
- Lakewood
- Eagle River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle River is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
- Sayner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sayner is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayner
- Lac du Flambeau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lac du Flambeau is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac du Flambeau
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodboro, see our County-by-County Page for Woodboro.
Cemeteries Near Woodboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodboro.
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 Woodboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Woodboro Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Rapids Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northland Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newbold Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wilderness Rest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Parrish Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- Enterprise Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Luther Memorial Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Woodboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodboro, with the one closest to Woodboro listed first.
- Manson ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Manson is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Newbold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Harshaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Rhinelander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Heafford Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Heafford Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafford Junction
- McNaughton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McNaughton is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNaughton
- Goodnow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goodnow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
- Jeffris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Tomahawk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Malvern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Malvern is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hazelhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- McCord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McCord is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Irma
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodboro.
Newspapers Published in Woodboro ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodboro, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Woodboro:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Oneida County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forest County
- Langlade County
- Lincoln County
- Vilas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Woodboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Woodboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |