RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wisconsin >> Columbia County >> Doylestown >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Wisconsin

The Commemorative Quarter for Wisconsin





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 Doylestown (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 Doylestown. 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 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.

Doylestown is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Adams, Dane, Dodge, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette & Sauk.

Below are the counties that are near Doylestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doylestown:

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Doylestown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Otsego
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Englewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rio
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
      • Rio is located in Columbia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
    • Fall River
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cambria
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wyocena
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Columbus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pardeeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
      • Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
    • Keyeser
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keyeser. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
      • Keyeser is located in Columbia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keyeser
      • From Doylestown to Keyeser
    • Friesland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friesland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
      • Friesland is located in Columbia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • North Leeds
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • East Bristol
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • North Bristol
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Morrisonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • DeForest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sun Prairie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
      • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pierceville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Burke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
      • Burke is located in Dane County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burke
      • From Doylestown to Burke
    • Dane
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
      • Dane is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
    • Waunakee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waunakee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
      • Waunakee is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
    • Cottage Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Randolph
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Randolph is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Astico
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Dam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
      • Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
    • Fox Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
    • Lowell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Lowell is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Reeseville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Clyman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
      • Clyman is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Juneau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Minnesota Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Atwater
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Horicon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horicon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
      • Horicon is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
  • Fond du Lac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Fairwater
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brandon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Metomen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Metomen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
      • Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Metomen
      • From Doylestown to Metomen
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Kingston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Markesan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markesan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Marquette
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marquette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
      • Marquette is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Utley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Utley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
      • Utley is located in Green Lake County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Utley
      • From Doylestown to Utley
    • Princeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
    • Green Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Waterloo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
    • Watertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grellton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
      • Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
    • Milford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Ripley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Johnson Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Glen Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Endeavor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endeavor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
      • Endeavor is located in Marquette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
    • Montello
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
      • Montello is located in Marquette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
    • Douglas Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Packwaukee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.
    • Merrimac
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Merrimac is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Moon Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Baraboo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Prairie du Sac village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doylestown, see our County-by-County Page for Doylestown.

Cemeteries Near Doylestown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doylestown.

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 Doylestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Doylestown had a population of 136 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Doylestown had a population of 299 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Doylestown, with the one closest to Doylestown listed first.

  • Otsego
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Rio
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
    • Rio is located in Columbia County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
  • Fall River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lost Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
    • Lost Lake is located in Dodge County
  • Cambria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lowville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
    • Lowville is located in Columbia County
  • Columbus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyocena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Keyeser
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keyeser. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
    • Keyeser is located in Columbia County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Keyeser
    • From Doylestown to Keyeser
  • East Bristol
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Randolph
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
    • Randolph is located in Dodge County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
  • Pardeeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
    • Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • North Leeds
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leeds
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
      • Leeds is located in Columbia County
    • North Bristol
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doylestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doylestown.

Newspapers Published in Doylestown ...

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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doylestown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doylestown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doylestown.

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 either 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 Doylestown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Doylestown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.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>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 from Point A (ie- Doylestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Doylestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4273, Longitude: -89.1483    
<5>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 Doylestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025