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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 Zachow (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 Zachow. 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 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.

Zachow is located in Shawano 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 Shawano County: Brown, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage & Waupaca.

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

  • Shawano County     (The home county of Zachow)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zachow, with the one closest to Zachow listed first.
    • Pulaski
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pittsfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittsfield is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • Flintville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Suamico
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Suamico is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
    • Howard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Howard is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
    • Duck Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Oneida
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Oneida is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Hobart
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobart is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
    • Ashwaubenon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Bay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Allouez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • De Pere
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Preble
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Marinette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zachow, with the one closest to Zachow listed first.
    • Coleman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pound
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pound is located in Marinette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zachow, with the one closest to Zachow listed first.
    • Legend Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
    • Keshena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Neopit
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Neopit is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neopit
  • Oconto County
  • Outagamie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zachow, with the one closest to Zachow listed first.
    • Nichols
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Leeman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Seymour
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Black Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Chicago Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bear Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Shiocton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Freedom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Apple Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hortonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zachow, with the one closest to Zachow listed first.
    • Embarrass
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Clintonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
    • Marion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • New London
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people

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

Cemeteries Near Zachow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zachow.

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 Zachow - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Zachow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zachow.

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

  • Angelica
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Angelica is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
  • Bonduel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hofa Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hofa Park is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hofa Park
  • Laney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pulaski
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pulcifer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cecil
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Briarton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rose Lawn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Chase
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gillett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
  • Shawano
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Zachow ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zachow.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zachow, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zachow.

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 Zachow:

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 Zachow, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Zachow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.