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 York Center (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 York Center. 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.
Name Variations for York Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for York Center: York Ctr. (or less commonly used: York Cen., York Cent. or York Cntr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
York Center is located in Dane County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near York Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to York Center:
- Dane County (The home county of York Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- North Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Pierceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Sun Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Deerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Cottage Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- DeForest
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Windsor is located in Dane County
- Morrisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Darwin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Fall River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Keyeser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Otsego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Doylestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Englewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- North Leeds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Rio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Poynette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Cambria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Wyocena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Astico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Reeseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Clyman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Beaver Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Juneau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Fox Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Hustisford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hustisford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Burnett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Horicon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Ashippun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashippun
- Ashippun is located in Dodge County
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Lake Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Grellton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Lake Ripley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Watertown
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Johnson Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Lake Koshkonong
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Koshkonong have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Ixonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Carcajou
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Fort Atkinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Helenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Edgerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Cooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sauk County
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Oconomowoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oconomowoc have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
- Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to York Center, see our County-by-County Page for York Center.
Newspapers Published in York Center ...
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 199 newspapers that have been published in the area around York Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of York Center, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for York Center.
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 York Center:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dodge County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jefferson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rock County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waukesha County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
Cemeteries Near York Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of York Center.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for York Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- York Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the York Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the York Center Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
- North York Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North York Cemetery
- East York Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East York Cemetery
- South York Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South York Cemetery
- Deansville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deansville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deansville Cemetery
- Bristol Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bristol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bristol Cemetery
- Medina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Medina Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88430 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Washington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88598 <3>
- Austin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Austin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Austin Cemetery
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Elba Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elba Cemetery
- Pierceville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierceville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierceville Cemetery
- South Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Road Cemetery
- Elba Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find York Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of York Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from York Center, with the one closest to York Center listed first.
- Deansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deansville
- Deansville is located in Dane County
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- East Bristol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- North Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Pierceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Sun Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Hubbleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Fall River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Keyeser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (18 more) ...
- Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Cottage Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Deerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Burke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around York Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around York Center.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for York Center. 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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- York Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in York Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2392, Longitude: -89.0704 In this case, the coordinates for York Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 York Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |