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 Brownsville (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 Brownsville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Brownsville is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Brownsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownsville:
- Dodge County (The home county of Brownsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Lomira
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Knowles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Theresa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Kekoskee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Mayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Waupun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Atwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Neda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Neda is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neda
- Burnett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Horicon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Iron Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Iron Ridge is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Minnesota Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Brothertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- New Holstein
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Columbia County
- Friesland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Byron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Oakfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Ashford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Marblehead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Saint Kilian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Kilian is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Elmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elmore is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Campbellsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,811 people
- Fond du Lac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Woodhull
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Ladoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- North Fond du Lac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Utley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Green Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Manitowoc County
- Kiel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- Ozaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Kohler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kohler is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Waubeka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Waubeka is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waubeka
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,251 people
- Horns Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horns Corners is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Corners
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Cascade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Glenbeulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Random Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Random Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
- Adell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Plymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Waldo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Elkhart Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Wayne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Allenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Saint Michaels
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Michaels is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michaels
- Saint Lawrence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Barton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Boltonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Boltonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Cedar Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- West Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Slinger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- Cedar Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Waukesha County
- Monterey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Point Comfort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Black Wolf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Pickett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Fisk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Stony Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Fitzgerald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Oshkosh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownsville, see our County-by-County Page for Brownsville.
Cemeteries Near Brownsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownsville.
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 Brownsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Emanuel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Genesee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Byron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kinwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Avoca Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miles Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tidyman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Brownsville had a population of 205 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Brownsville had a population of 585 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- South Byron
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Lomira
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Knowles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Byron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- LeRoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- LeRoy is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeRoy
- Oakfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Theresa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Theresa Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Theresa Station is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa Station
- Ashford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Oak Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Kekoskee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Mayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Kilian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Kilian is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Marblehead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownsville.
Newspapers Published in Brownsville ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownsville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownsville.
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 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 Brownsville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dodge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Columbia County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Manitowoc County
- Ozaukee County
- Sheboygan County
- Washington County
- Waukesha County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brownsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brownsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |