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 Zion (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 Zion. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Zion 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 Zion. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zion:
- Winnebago County (The home county of Zion)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Fitzgerald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Fisk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Harbor Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Omro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Oshkosh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Stony Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Pickett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Black Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Winneconne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Allenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Point Comfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Brothertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Stockbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Sherwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Brant
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Chilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- Saint John
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Hilbert
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Hayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Kaukauna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Dundas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Waupun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Atwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Knowles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Lomira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- West Rosendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Ripon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Woodhull
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- North Fond du Lac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Metomen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Gladstone Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Linden Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Minawa Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Calumetville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Fond du Lac
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Green Lake
(18 miles [29 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
- Utley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Marquette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Neshkoro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Germania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Hortonville
(23 miles [37 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
- Kimberly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Combined Locks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Apple Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Little Chute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Fremont
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(26 miles [41.8 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
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Baldwins Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Poy Sippi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- West Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Redgranite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Pine River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Saxeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Mount Morris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Silver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 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 Zion, see our County-by-County Page for Zion.
Cemeteries Near Zion ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zion.
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 Zion - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zion covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Minckler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Omro Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Omro Junction Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ellinwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Omro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Oshkosh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88818 <1>
- Waukau Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Boyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peace Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Zion had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zion, with the one closest to Zion listed first.
- Fitzgerald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Fisk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Elo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elo is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
- Omro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Waukau
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waukau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukau
- Pickett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Ring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ring is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
- Oshkosh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Black Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Butte des Morts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Butte des Morts is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte des Morts
- Winnebago
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winnebago is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnebago
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Allenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Rush Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
- Van Dyne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Van Dyne is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zion. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zion.
Newspapers Published in Zion ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zion.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zion, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zion.
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 either 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 Zion:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Winnebago County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Marquette County
- Outagamie 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 Zion, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Zion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |