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 Brodhead (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 Brodhead. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Brodhead is primarily located in Green County. A portion of Brodhead extends into 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 Green County: Stephenson (IL), Winnebago (IL), Dane, Iowa, Lafayette & Rock.
Below are the counties that are near Brodhead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brodhead:
- Green County (The home county of Brodhead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Mineral Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Twin Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Attica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- New Glarus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Browntown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Cadiz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Stone
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Belleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Dunkirk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Hanerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Basco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Oregon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- Paoli
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Stoughton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Oak Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Albion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Edgerton Beach Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerton Beach Park is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton Beach Park
- Iowa County
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Carcajou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Lake Koshkonong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Woodford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Argyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- South Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Blanchardville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Wiota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Orfordville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Footville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Garden Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Janesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Boone County (IL)
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ogle County (IL)
- Egan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Egan is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Rock Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Rock City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Afolkey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Dakota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Orangeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Cedarville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Ridott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McConnell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Lake Summerset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Summerset is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Summerset
- Durand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
- Shirland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Beloit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wempletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wempletown is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wempletown
- Pecatonica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roscoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Sturbridge Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Winnebago
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Machesney Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alworth is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alworth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brodhead, see our County-by-County Page for Brodhead.
Cemeteries Near Brodhead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brodhead.
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 Brodhead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brodhead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clarence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Decatur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Luther Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Luther Valley Cemetery
- The West Luther Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
- Scotch Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northrup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Avon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Avon Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Avon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964229 <2>
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- West Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Basswood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Brodhead had a population of 1,461 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Brodhead had a population of 3,204 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brodhead, with the one closest to Brodhead listed first.
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Juda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Juda is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juda
- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Orfordville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Oakley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Footville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Cainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cainville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainville
- Twin Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Attica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Rock Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- Durand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brodhead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brodhead.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Brodhead ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brodhead.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Brodhead. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Brodhead and those printed in the larger area surrounding Brodhead.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Brodhead.
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 Brodhead:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- Lafayette County
- Rock County
- Boone 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 Brodhead, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brodhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |