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 northeast 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 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.
Dellwood is located in Sauk 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 Sauk County: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Richland & Vernon.
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:
- Sauk County (The home county of Dellwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Lake Delton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- North Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Baraboo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- West Baraboo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Reedsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Loganville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- La Valle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Denzer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Moon Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Ironton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Leland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Plainville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Easton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Adams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Wisconsin Dells
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Portage
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Lake Wisconsin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Okee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Poynette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Pardeeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Wyocena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- North Leeds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Mazomanie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Marxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Dane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Black Earth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Cassell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Lyndon Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Lemonweir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Mauston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Wonewoc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Union Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Elroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- New Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Hustler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Douglas Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Endeavor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Packwaukee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Glen Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Westfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Montello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Monroe County
- Kendall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Cazenovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Bear Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Neptune
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Ithaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Hub City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Aubrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Sextonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Yuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dellwood, with the one closest to Dellwood listed first.
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Trippville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
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.
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 Dellwood - one of the links might be able to help.
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.
- Butterfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dellona Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Webster Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Delton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake Delton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Lake Delton.
- The Lake Delton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wisconsin Dells Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1787579 <1>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Narrows Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
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.
- North Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Baraboo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Reedsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Dell Prairie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dell Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Prairie
- Lyndon Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Plainville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Loganville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Big Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Briggsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Briggsville is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- La Valle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Denzer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Ironton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Leland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Lime Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Lemonweir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
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 138 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]<2>. 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 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
- Pages specific to Sauk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- Marquette County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Vernon 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dellwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |