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 Dalton (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 Dalton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Dalton is located in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Dalton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dalton:
- Green Lake County (The home county of Dalton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Markesan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Green Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- Plainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Plainville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Friesland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Cambria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Pardeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Wyocena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Rio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Portage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Doylestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Englewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Fall River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Poynette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- North Bristol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Morrisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- DeForest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Fox Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Beaver Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Waupun
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Atwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Astico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Burnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Juneau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Reeseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Fairwater
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Brandon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Ripon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Ladoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- West Rosendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Rosendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Glen Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Montello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Endeavor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Packwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Germania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Douglas Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Neshkoro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Merrimac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Baraboo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Lake Delton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Delton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Moon Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- West Baraboo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baraboo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Lohrville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Redgranite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Wautoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Coloma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winnebago County
- Pickett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Pickett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dalton, see our County-by-County Page for Dalton.
Newspapers Published in Dalton ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dalton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dalton, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dalton.
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 helpful 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 Dalton:
- 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 Green Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia 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
- Dodge County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fond du Lac County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette 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
- Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Green Lake County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Green Lake County
Cemeteries Near Dalton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dalton.
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 Dalton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131063 <3>
- Dartt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dartt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dartt Cemetery
- Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery
- Comstock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Comstock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87740 <3>
- Krastetter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krastetter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krastetter Cemetery
- Lake Sarah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Sarah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304855 <3>
- Rosedale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- The Rosedale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosedale Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosedale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1640036 <3>
- Portage Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Portage Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88764 <3>
- St. Mary Visitation Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Visitation Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2564531 <3>
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Grand View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand View Cemetery
- North Marcellon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- The North Marcellon Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Marcellon Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Marcellon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #298032 <3>
- Marcellon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcellon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1865636 <3>
- Grand View 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dalton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dalton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
- Belle Fountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Fountain
- Belle Fountain is located in Columbia County
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marcellon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Marquette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Pardeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Cambria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Markesan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Montello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Wyocena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Rio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Packwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Portage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Utley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Packwaukee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dalton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dalton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dalton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Green Lake County: www.co.green-lake.wi.us/
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dalton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dalton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6569, Longitude: -89.2065 In this case, the coordinates for Dalton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Dalton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |