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 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.
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 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.
Dodgeville is located in Iowa County and is the County Seat.
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 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Edmund
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hyde
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Hollandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Barneveld
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Rewey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former names for Centreville:
- Dry Bone Post Office
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Elvers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Mount Horeb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Black Earth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Mazomanie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Klevenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Klevenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Cross Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Marxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Belleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Paoli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Livingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Muscoda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Platteville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Stitzer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Fennimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Blue River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Cuba City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Green County
- New Glarus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- New Glarus
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Blanchardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Wiota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Elk Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Woodford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Gratiot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Shullsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shullsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Gratiot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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) - Balmoral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Aubrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Richland Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Westport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Witwen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Leland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Denzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Sauk City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Prairie du Sac village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- 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.
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 165 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]<3> of Dodgeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dodgeville:
- 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 Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland 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
- Dane County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Iowa County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
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.
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 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Rock Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Church Cemetery
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Cemetery
- Garrison Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garrison Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garrison Grove Cemetery
- Laxey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laxey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laxey Cemetery
- Rockwell Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockwell Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockwell Mills Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Bridgets Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridgets Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridgets Cemetery
- Griffith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griffith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griffith Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Old Mineral Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mineral Point Cemetery
- Eastside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastside Cemetery
- St. Paul 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>
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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Jonesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Hollandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Wyoming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Barneveld
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Mifflin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Yellowstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Spring Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rewey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Calamine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rewey
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.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dodgeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Iowa County: www.iowacounty.org/
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dodgeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dodgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9639, Longitude: -90.1301 In this case, the coordinates for Dodgeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Dodgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |