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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 Danville (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 Danville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Danville is located in Dodge County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Danville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Danville:
- Dodge County (The home county of Danville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Astico
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Reeseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Clyman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Beaver Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Juneau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Randolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Minnesota Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Fox Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Hustisford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Burnett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Horicon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Atwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Fall River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Englewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Doylestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Keyeser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Rio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Cambria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- North Leeds
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Friesland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Wyocena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Pardeeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- East Bristol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- North Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Pierceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Sun Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Deerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Burke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Cottage Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- DeForest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Morrisonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Cambridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Brandon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Fairwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Markesan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Kingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Utley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Marquette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Watertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Grellton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Lake Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Johnson Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Lake Ripley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Ixonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Helenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Lac La Belle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac La Belle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Hartford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Thompson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Monterey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Oconomowoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
- Oconomowoc Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oconomowoc Lake is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Okauchee Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee Lake is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee Lake
- Okauchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee
- Stonebank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stonebank is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebank
- Summit Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Center is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Center
- Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Danville, see our County-by-County Page for Danville.
Cemeteries Near Danville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danville.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Danville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Danville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Okeag Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elba Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Austin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Jeromes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Columbus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970130 <1>
- The Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East York Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moravian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- Fall River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North York Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Danville had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Danville, with the one closest to Danville listed first.
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Reeseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Fall River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Hubbleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbleton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbleton
- Lost Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lost Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
- East Bristol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Richwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richwood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- Clyman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Beaver Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Deansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deansville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deansville
- Doylestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Danville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Danville.
Newspapers Published in Danville ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Danville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Danville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dodge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Jefferson County
- Washington County
- Waukesha County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Danville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Danville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |