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 Cobb (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 Cobb. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cobb is located in Iowa County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iowa County: Dane, Grant, Green, Lafayette, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Cobb. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cobb:
- Iowa County (The home county of Cobb)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Edmund
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Centreville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centreville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Rewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Dodgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Mineral Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Avoca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Ridgeway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Hyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Hollandale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Boydtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Wauzeka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Elvers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Mount Horeb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Mazomanie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Montfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Annaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Stitzer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Muscoda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Fennimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Platteville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Blue River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Lancaster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Mount Ida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Boscobel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Calamine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Elk Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Darlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Blanchardville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Shullsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shullsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Gratiot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- New Diggings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Argyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Wiota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Lone Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Balmoral
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Sextonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sextonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Westport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Bear Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Richland Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Ithaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Boaz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Neptune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Spring Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cobb, see our County-by-County Page for Cobb.
Cemeteries Near Cobb ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cobb.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cobb covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Laxey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laxey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laxey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Enger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enger Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mifflin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mifflin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mifflin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Blabaum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blabaum Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blabaum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Rock Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Church Cemetery
- The Rock Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88835 <3>
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Powell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carmel Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northwest of Rewey.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321622 <3>
- Lydia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lydia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lydia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkpatrick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkpatrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Penniel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penniel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penniel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Graceland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graceland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graceland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cobb had a population of 306 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cobb had a population of 455 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cobb, with the one closest to Cobb listed first.
- Edmund
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Montfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Mifflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Centreville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centreville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Rewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Mineral Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Dodgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Continue List (17 more) ...
- Annaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Leslie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Lancaster Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
- Annaton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cobb. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cobb.
Newspapers Published in Cobb ...
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 167 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cobb.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cobb, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cobb.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cobb:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Iowa County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cobb. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Iowa County: www.iowacounty.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Cobb) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cobb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9653, Longitude: -90.3296 In this case, the coordinates for Cobb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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 Cobb, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |