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 Atwater (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 Atwater. 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 and doctors 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.
Atwater is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Atwater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atwater:
- Dodge County (The home county of Atwater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Burnett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Waupun
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Kekoskee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Beaver Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Fox Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Horicon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Juneau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Mayville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Knowles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Neda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neda
- Neda is located in Dodge County
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Friesland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Fall River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Cambria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Doylestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Rio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Pardeeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Wyocena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- 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
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Ladoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Oakfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Fairwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Byron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Rosendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Woodhull
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Ashford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Saint Kilian
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Saint Kilian is located in Fond du Lac County
- West Rosendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Eldorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Eden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Markesan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Kingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Green Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Marquette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Watertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Grellton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Ixonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Lac La Belle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lac La Belle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac La Belle
- Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Wayne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Hartford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Saint Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Cedar Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Slinger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Barton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Barton is located in Washington County
- Saint Michaels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Michaels have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michaels
- Saint Michaels is located in Washington County
- West Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Waukesha County
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Monterey
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Pickett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Fisk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Black Wolf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Point Comfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atwater, see our County-by-County Page for Atwater.
Newspapers Published in Atwater ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atwater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atwater, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Atwater.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Atwater:
- 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 Dodge 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
- Fond du Lac County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green Lake 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
- Washington 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
- Winnebago 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 Dodge County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dodge County
Cemeteries Near Atwater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atwater.
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 Atwater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Atwater Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atwater Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atwater Community Cemetery
- Burnett Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burnett Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burnett Union Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memorial Gardens
- State Prison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Prison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Prison Cemetery
- Trenton Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trenton Center Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Forest Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Mound Cemetery
- Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
- Cattaraugus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cattaraugus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cattaraugus Cemetery
- Tidyman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tidyman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tidyman Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Norwegian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Church Cemetery
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Norwegian Church 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Atwater had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Atwater, with the one closest to Atwater listed first.
- Burnett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Rolling Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Prairie
- Rolling Prairie is located in Dodge County
- Minnesota Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesota Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Fox Lake Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Junction
- Fox Lake Junction is located in Dodge County
- Beaver Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Alto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Kekoskee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - LeRoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Fox Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Horicon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Oak Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Juneau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atwater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atwater.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Atwater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dodge County: www.co.dodge.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- Atwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5607, Longitude: -88.7348 |
| <3> | 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 Atwater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |