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 Bergen (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 Bergen. 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 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 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.
Bergen is located in Rock 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 Rock County: Boone (IL), Winnebago (IL), Dane, Green, Jefferson & Walworth.
Below are the counties that are near Bergen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bergen:
- Rock County (The home county of Bergen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
- Shopiere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shopiere is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopiere
- Tiffany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffany is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Beloit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beloit is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
- Avalon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Garden Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Emerald Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Emerald Grove is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Grove
- Johnstown Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Johnstown Center is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Center
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Janesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Hanover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Edgerton Beach Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edgerton Beach Park is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton Beach Park
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Hanerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Green County
- Brodhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Carcajou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Cold Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Lake Koshkonong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Fort Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,746 people
- Kenosha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Powers Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Slades Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Allens Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Grove is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Grove
- Darien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darien is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Big Foot Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Walworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
- Delavan Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan Lake
- Delavan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Williams Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Lake Como
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Zenda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Elkhorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhorn is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,020 people
- Boone County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Caledonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Capron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Belvidere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Garden Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Irene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Irene is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Herbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Herbert is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- DeKalb County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Fairdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in DeKalb County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Kingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kirkland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- McHenry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Big Foot Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Harvard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Wonder Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
- Wonder Lake has also been known as:
- Wonder Lake village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <1>
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ringwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bull Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bull Valley is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Lakewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ogle County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Monroe Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Davis Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- Davis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <1>
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- South Beloit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Roscoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <1>
- Rockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Loves Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Machesney Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sturbridge Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Shirland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rockford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wempletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wempletown is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wempletown
- North Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Park is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Park
- Indian Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bergen, see our County-by-County Page for Bergen.
Cemeteries Near Bergen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bergen.
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 Bergen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bergen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Jefferson Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bamblett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone School Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clinton Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blaine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinnacle Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Livingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tound Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- South Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bergen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bergen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bergen, with the one closest to Bergen listed first.
- Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
- Porters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Porters is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Tiffany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffany is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Shopiere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shopiere is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopiere
- Allens Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Grove is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Grove
- Caledonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beloit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beloit is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
- Roscoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <1>
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Poplar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Capron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bergen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bergen.
Newspapers Published in Bergen ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bergen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bergen, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bergen.
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 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 Bergen:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Rock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Green County
- Jefferson County
- Kenosha County
- Walworth County
- Boone County
- DeKalb County
- McHenry County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Bergen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bergen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |