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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 Dodgeville (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 Dodgeville. 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.
Name Variations for Dodgeville ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Dodgeville was referred to as Dodgeville Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dodgeville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dodgeville.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Dodgeville is located in Iowa County and is the County Seat.
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 Iowa County: Dane, Grant, Green, Lafayette, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Dodgeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dodgeville:
- Iowa County (The home county of Dodgeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Edmund
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Hyde
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Hollandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Barneveld
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rewey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Elvers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Mount Horeb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Black Earth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Mazomanie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Klevenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Cross Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Marxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Paoli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Montfort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Livingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Muscoda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Platteville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Stitzer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Fennimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Blue River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Cuba City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Green County
- New Glarus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Calamine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Blanchardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Wiota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Elk Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Woodford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Gratiot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Shullsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Lone Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Bear Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sextonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Balmoral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Aubrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Richland Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Westport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Spring Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Witwen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Leland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Denzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Sauk City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dodgeville, see our County-by-County Page for Dodgeville.
Cemeteries Near Dodgeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodgeville.
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 Dodgeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dodgeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- East Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rock Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garrison Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Laxey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Bridgets Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Griffith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Mineral Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eastside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<1>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dodgeville had a population of 1,722 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dodgeville had a population of 4,677 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dodgeville, with the one closest to Dodgeville listed first.
- Edmund
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Jonesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesdale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Hollandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Wyoming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Barneveld
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Mifflin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Yellowstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Spring Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rewey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Calamine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dodgeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dodgeville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dodgeville ...
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 161 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dodgeville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dodgeville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dodgeville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dodgeville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Dodgeville.
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 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 Dodgeville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Iowa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Sauk 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 Dodgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dodgeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |