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 Dexter (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 Dexter. 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 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.
Dexter is located in Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac County: Calumet, Dodge, Green Lake, Sheboygan, Washington & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Dexter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dexter:
- Fond du Lac County (The home county of Dexter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- North Fond du Lac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Linden Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Linden Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Beach
- Minawa Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Peebles
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peebles is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles
- Fond du Lac
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Gladstone Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gladstone Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Beach
- Woodhull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Rosendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Johnsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Malone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Marblehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Brothertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Stockbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Chilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
- New Holstein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Brant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Harrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Hilbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Saint John
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Potter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Lomira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Knowles
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Waupun
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Kekoskee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Theresa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Mayville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Atwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Burnett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Horicon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Minnesota Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Fox Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Utley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Green Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Markesan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Manitowoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Kiel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
- Rockville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Millhome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millhome is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhome
- Steinthal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Steinthal is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinthal
- Louis Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
- School Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
- Collins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collins is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Saint Nazianz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Combined Locks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Kimberly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Medina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Glenbeulah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Elkhart Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Plymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Rhine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rhine is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
- Cascade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Johnsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Saint Michaels
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Michaels is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michaels
- Allenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Boltonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boltonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Black Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Point Comfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Stony Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Fitzgerald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Oshkosh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Fisk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Pickett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Reighmoor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Harbor Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Omro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Adella Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Allenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dexter, see our County-by-County Page for Dexter.
Cemeteries Near Dexter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dexter.
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 Dexter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dexter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Estabrooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Elm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wilhelmina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Schellers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Lamartine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamiston Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<1>
While we didn't find Dexter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dexter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dexter, with the one closest to Dexter listed first.
- Van Dyne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Van Dyne is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyne
- Taycheedah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Taycheedah is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taycheedah
- Peebles
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peebles is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peebles
- Woodhull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Black Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Silica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Ring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ring is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
- Rosendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Calumet Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calumet Harbor is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Harbor
- Marblehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Malone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Malone is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Johnsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Oakfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Calumetville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dexter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dexter.
Newspapers Published in Dexter ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dexter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dexter, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dexter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dexter:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Fond du Lac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Dodge County
- Green Lake County
- Manitowoc County
- Outagamie County
- Sheboygan County
- Washington County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dexter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Dexter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |