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 Blue Mounds (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 Blue Mounds. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Blue Mounds 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 Blue Mounds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Mounds:
- Dane County (The home county of Blue Mounds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- Elvers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Mount Horeb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Klevenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Klevenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Mazomanie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Verona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Marxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Paoli
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Ashton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Ashton Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Okee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Lake Wisconsin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Harmony Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Grant County
- Montfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Montfort
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- New Glarus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Attica is located in Green County
- Mineral Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Browntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- Barneveld
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Arena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Hollandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Cassell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Dodgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Mineral Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Edmund
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- Blanchardville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Woodford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Calamine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Wiota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Darlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Richland County
- Lone Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock
- Rock County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- Spring Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Sauk City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Witwen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Plain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Denzer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Leland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Moon Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Merrimac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Loganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- North Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Mounds, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Mounds.
Newspapers Published in Blue Mounds ...
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 197 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Mounds.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Mounds, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Mounds.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Blue Mounds:
- 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
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland 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
- 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 Blue Mounds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Mounds.
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 Blue Mounds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- White Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Church Cemetery
- German Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Valley Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ignatius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius Cemetery
- North Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Side Cemetery
- Jennieton Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jennieton Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jennieton Baptist Cemetery
- Jennieton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jennieton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jennieton Cemetery
- Perry Luterhan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry Luterhan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129930 <3>
- St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
- Old Black Earth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Black Earth Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Old Black Earth Cemetery has also been known as:
- George Beaty Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Black Earth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405349 <3>
- Eastside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastside Cemetery
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- St. Bridgets Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridgets Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridgets Cemetery
- Long Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Valley Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- St. Bridgets 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blue Mounds had a population of 199 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Blue Mounds had a population of 990 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Mounds, with the one closest to Blue Mounds listed first.
- Elvers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Barneveld
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Mount Horeb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Klevenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Klevenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Forward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Pine Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon is located in Dane County
- Arena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Riley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Mazomanie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Hollandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Primrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Jonesdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Primrose
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Mounds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Mounds.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Blue Mounds: www.mybluemounds.com/
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Mounds) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Mounds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0208, Longitude: -89.8262 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Mounds 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Blue Mounds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |