A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
43.0108, -89.7296
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Dane County<2>.
The county seat for Dane County is located in Madison. Madison lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- German Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Black Earth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Old Black Earth Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Black Earth Cemetery
- The Old Black Earth Cemetery has also been known as:
- George Beaty Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405349 <5>
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Perry Luterhan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- West Primrose Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Primrose Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Williams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Middleton Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Barnabas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Barnabas Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Barnabas Cemetery
- The St. Barnabas Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Barnabus Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88898 <5>
- Culver Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Culver Cemetery is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Cemetery
- Jennieton Baptist Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jennieton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Jennieton Cemetery is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennieton Cemetery
- Paoli Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Paoli Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli Cemetery
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Horeb
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Klevenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Blue Mounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Elvers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Cross Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Barneveld
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Mazomanie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Paoli
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Basco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Middleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Hollandale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pheasant Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Ashton Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Martinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Hyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Ridgeway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- New Glarus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Belleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Pilgrim Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Arena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dane County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arena
- Belleville
- Black Earth
- Hollandale
- Mazomanie
- Middleton
- Mount Horeb
- New Glarus
- Verona
Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Union 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1575868 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1575868 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: 372 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cross Plains
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.0108301 Lon: -89.7295672
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union 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. |