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 Fox Lake (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 Fox Lake. 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 Fox Lake ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fox Lake: Fox Lk.
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.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fox Lake is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Fox Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fox Lake:
- Dodge County (The home county of Fox Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Beaver Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Atwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Burnett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Waupun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Juneau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Astico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Lowell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Horicon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Kekoskee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Mayville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Reeseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Friesland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Cambria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Englewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Fall River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Doylestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Otsego
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Rio
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Pardeeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- 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
- Wyocena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Keyeser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - North Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- North Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Marshall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- Morrisonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- DeForest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Sun Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Fairwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Brandon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Ladoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Ripon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Oakfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Rosendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - West Rosendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Woodhull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Eldorado
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Ashford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Fond du Lac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Markesan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Green Lake
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Watertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Grellton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Glen Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Montello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Germania
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Endeavor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Packwaukee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Washington County
- Wayne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Wayne
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Pickett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Fisk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fox Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Fox Lake.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fox Lake ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Lake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fox Lake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fox Lake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fox Lake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Fox Lake.
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 Fox Lake:
- 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 Dodge County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fond du Lac County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jefferson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dodge County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dodge County
Cemeteries Near Fox Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox Lake.
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 Fox Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
- English Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the English Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the English Prairie Cemetery
- Trenton Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trenton Center Cemetery
- Kelley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelley Cemetery
- Lake Emily Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Emily Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Emily Cemetery
- Annunciation Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- The Annunciation Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Gabriels Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Annunciation Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162667 <3>
- Randolph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Randolph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972969 <3>
- Engedi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- The Engedi Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blaen Y Cae Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engedi Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87594 <3>
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memorial Gardens
- Courtland Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- The Courtland Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Courtland Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Courtland United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Courtland Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221930 <3>
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Mackford Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mackford Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mackford Union Cemetery
- West Alto Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Alto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Alto Cemetery
- Beaver Dam 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 Fox Lake had a population of 814 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fox Lake had a population of 1,440 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
- Fox Lake Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Junction
- Fox Lake Junction is located in Dodge County
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Beaver Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Lost Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Atwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Alto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Markesan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Burnett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Cambria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Rolling Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Prairie
- Rolling Prairie is located in Dodge County
- Utley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Fairwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fall River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Minnesota Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesota Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Brandon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Fall River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fox Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Lake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fox Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dodge County: www.co.dodge.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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fox Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5633, Longitude: -88.9126 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Fox Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |