A visit to the McFarland 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 McFarland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McFarland Cemetery:
43.0161, -89.2771
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McFarland Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McFarland Cemetery is located in Dane County<2>.
The county seat for Dane County is located in Madison. Madison lies just to the west northwest of the McFarland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McFarland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the McFarland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McFarland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Skaalen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The East Side Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Cemetery
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Resurrection Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Madison.
- The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #343777 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Madison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87944 <5>
- St. Anns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- Oak Hall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Hall Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall Cemetery
- Rutland Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hauge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Hauge Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauge Cemetery
- Pierceville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Pierceville Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville Cemetery
- Sun Prairie Memory Garden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hoepker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Hoepker Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoepker Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McFarland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McFarland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- McFarland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Monona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Door Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Syene ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Maple Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Oregon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Burke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Pilgrim Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Oak Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Stone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Dunkirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Shorewood Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Deerfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Pierceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Mendota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mendota is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Hanerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Sun Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Brooklyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Cooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Rockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Pheasant Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
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 McFarland Cemetery. The following communities are located in Dane County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McFarland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brooklyn
- Deerfield
- Madison
- McFarland
- Monona
- Oregon
- Stoughton
- Sun Prairie
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 McFarland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Dane 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 McFarland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1842533 (McFarland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1842533 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: Dane
- Est. Elev: 277 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Madison East
- Location given for McFarland Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.0161095 Lon: -89.2770616
- 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 Dane, 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' (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- McFarland 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. |