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 Belle Fountain (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 Belle Fountain. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Belle Fountain is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Adams, Dane, Dodge, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Belle Fountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belle Fountain:
- Columbia County (The home county of Belle Fountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Pardeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- 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
- Friesland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Cambria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Portage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Doylestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Englewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Poynette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- North Leeds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Leeds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Fall River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Adams County
- Plainville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Plainville
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Morrisonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- East Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Bristol. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- North Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Bristol. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- DeForest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Windsor is located in Dane County
- Dane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Sun Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- 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
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Fox Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Beaver Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Astico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Atwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Waupun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Burnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Reeseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Minnesota Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minnesota Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Fairwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Brandon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Metomen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Ripon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Ladoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- West Rosendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Markesan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Utley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Green Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Glen Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Montello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Endeavor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Packwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Douglas Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Douglas Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Germania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Neshkoro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Merrimac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Baraboo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Lake Delton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Delton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Moon Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- West Baraboo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baraboo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Lohrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Silver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belle Fountain, see our County-by-County Page for Belle Fountain.
Cemeteries Near Belle Fountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belle Fountain.
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 Belle Fountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Comstock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Comstock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87740 <3>
- Marcellon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcellon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1865636 <3>
- North Marcellon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Marcellon Cemetery
- The North Marcellon Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Marcellon Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #298032 <3>
- Henion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henion Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Henion Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88119 <3>
- Pardeeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pardeeville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2134631 <3>
- Rosedale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosedale Cemetery
- The Rosedale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosedale Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1640036 <3>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fuller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fuller Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87990 <3>
- Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Portage Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Portage Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88764 <3>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131063 <3>
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- St. Mary Visitation Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Visitation Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2564531 <3>
- Rood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Spicer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spicer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89296 <3>
- St. Mary Visitation Catholic 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Belle Fountain had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belle Fountain, with the one closest to Belle Fountain listed first.
- Marcellon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Pardeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- 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
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Cambria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Marquette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Portage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Montello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Dekorra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Doylestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Packwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Otsego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Markesan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Packwaukee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belle Fountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belle Fountain.
Newspapers Published in Belle Fountain ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belle Fountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belle Fountain, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belle Fountain.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Belle Fountain:
- 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 Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane 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
- 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
- Marquette 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
- Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Columbia County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Columbia County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belle Fountain. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Belle Fountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Belle Fountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belle Fountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6144, Longitude: -89.2635 In this case, the coordinates for Belle Fountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |