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 Dellwood (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 Dellwood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Dellwood is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, Waushara & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Dellwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dellwood:
- Adams County (The home county of Dellwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Arkdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Strongs Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Adams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Big Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Plainville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Leola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Wisconsin Dells
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Necedah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- New Miner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- New Lisbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Sprague
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Lemonweir
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Mauston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Camp Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Lyndon Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Mather
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Elroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Union Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Westfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Douglas Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Douglas Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Packwaukee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Endeavor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Shennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Wyeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Valley Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Kendall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Tomah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Warrens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Lake Delton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- 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
- La Valle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Trippville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trippville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Coloma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Hancock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Nekoosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Port Edwards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Grand Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Rapids. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Lake Wazeecha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wazeecha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Wisconsin Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dellwood, see our County-by-County Page for Dellwood.
Cemeteries Near Dellwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dellwood.
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 Dellwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Dellwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dellwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dellwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- South Arkdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Arkdale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Arkdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Arkdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Arkdale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Arkdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Arkdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Arkdale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Arkdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Edwardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwardson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwardson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Strongs Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strongs Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Strongs Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Repose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Repose Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Repose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Leos Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Leos Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Leos Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Danish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Quincy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quincy Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quincy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cottonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Bayview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Necedah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342321 <3>
- Monroe Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monroe Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monroe Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bayview 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 Dellwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dellwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Arkdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Strongs Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roche a Cri have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche a Cri
- Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
- Monroe Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Monroe Center is located in Adams County
- Adams Center ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Center
- Adams Center is located in Adams County
- White Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Creek
- White Creek is located in Adams County
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Cloverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
- New Lisbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Grand Marsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Marsh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
- Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mauston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Lemonweir
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Sprague
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mauston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dellwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dellwood.
Newspapers Published in Dellwood ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dellwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dellwood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dellwood.
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 Dellwood:
- 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 Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau 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
- Monroe 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
- Vernon 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
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Adams County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Adams County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dellwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.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> | 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> | 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 Dellwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dellwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dellwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9841, Longitude: -89.9387 In this case, the coordinates for Dellwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |