A visit to the Universal 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 Universal Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Universal Cemetery:
43.6097, -90.1793
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Universal Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Universal Cemetery is located in Sauk County<2>.
The county seat for Sauk County is located in Baraboo. Baraboo lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Universal Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Universal Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Universal Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Universal Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Solchenberger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hochmuth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hochmuth Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochmuth Cemetery
- Karstetter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Karstetter Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karstetter Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Oaks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oaks Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks Cemetery
- Friendswood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Friendswood Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Eden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine Eden Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Eden Cemetery
- Norwegian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Potter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- Raese Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Raese Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raese Cemetery
- Thornton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Thornton Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Cemetery
- Resting Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Big Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Cemetery
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Anthony Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Cemetery
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Anthony Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Cemetery
- Cazenovia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Cazenovia Cemetery is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia 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 Universal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Universal Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- La Valle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Wonewoc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Ironton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Cazenovia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Union Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Lime Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Reedsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Elroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Yuba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Hub City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Loganville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Trippville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- White City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Sandusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Lemonweir
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Mauston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Rock Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Lyndon Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Kendall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Mount Tabor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Bloom City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Neptune
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Gillingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- North Freedom
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- New Lisbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 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 Universal 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 Universal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cazenovia
- Elroy
- Elroy lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Universal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elroy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Hillsboro
- La Valle
- Mauston
- New Lisbon
- North Freedom
- Reedsburg
- Rock Springs
- Wonewoc
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Universal 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 Universal Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1575930 (Universal Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1575930 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: 301 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: La Valle
- Location given for Universal Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.6096987 Lon: -90.179294
- 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 '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- Universal 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. |