A visit to the Free Thinkers Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Free Thinkers Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Free Thinkers Cemetery:
43.3311, -89.8801
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Free Thinkers Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Free Thinkers Cemetery is located in Sauk County<2>.
The county seat for Sauk County is located in Baraboo. Baraboo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Free Thinkers Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Free Thinkers Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Free Thinkers Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Otter Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Otter Creek Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek Cemetery
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Sauk Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Thoelke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Thoelke Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoelke Cemetery
- Sumpter Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitemound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Whitemound Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemound Cemetery
- Cassell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Cassell Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell Cemetery
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Sauk City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sauk City Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City Cemetery
- Prairie du Sac Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Kingston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Kingston Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Free Thinkers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Free Thinkers Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Denzer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Witwen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Leland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Plain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Cassell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Sauk City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- North Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Rock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Moon Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Loganville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Arena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mazomanie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- West Baraboo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Baraboo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Helena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Merrimac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Spring Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Marxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Sandusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Black Earth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Reedsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Okee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Lake Wisconsin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Bear Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Free Thinkers Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sauk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Free Thinkers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arena
- Baraboo
- Black Earth
- Mazomanie
- North Freedom
- Plain
- Plain lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Free Thinkers Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Plain.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Prairie du Sac village
- Reedsburg
- Rock Springs
- Sauk City
- Spring Green
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Free Thinkers Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Sauk County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Free Thinkers Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1565288 (Free Thinkers Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1565288 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Sauk
- Est. Elev: 244 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Black Hawk
- Location given for Free Thinkers Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.3310984 Lon: -89.880124
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Sauk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Free Thinkers Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |