Welcome to Deansville ...
Deansville is located in Dane County<1>.
The location of Deansville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Deansville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.
Deansville is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Deansville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Deansville lies within the (608) area code.
Communities Also Named Deansville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Deansville - it's located in New York.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deansville.
Communities near Deansville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Deansville.
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Sun Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Watertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Waunakee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Stoughton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - DeForest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- McFarland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Monona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Windsor is located in Dane County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Deansville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Deansville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Deansville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deansville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Deansville. See our Newspapers Page for Deansville.
Adding Deansville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Deansville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Deansville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Deansville post office opened in 1860.
We also found Deansville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Deansville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Deansville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Deansville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |