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 Gotham (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 Gotham. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Gotham is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Gotham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gotham:
- Richland County (The home county of Gotham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Sextonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sextonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Lone Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Aubrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Bear Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Balmoral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Boaz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Gillingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Hub City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Sabin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Soldiers Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldiers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Boydtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Bell Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bell Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Gays Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Steuben
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Mazomanie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Elvers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Blue Mounds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Black Earth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Muscoda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Blue River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Montfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Boscobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Livingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Fennimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Stitzer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Woodman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Mount Ida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Avoca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centreville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Pleasant Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Cobb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Edmund
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Hyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Arena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Dodgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Cassell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Linden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Juneau County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Spring Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Lime Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Leland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Loganville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loganville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Witwen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Denzer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Ironton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Rock Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- La Valle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- North Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Reedsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Readstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- La Farge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gotham, see our County-by-County Page for Gotham.
Cemeteries Near Gotham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gotham.
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 Gotham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Button Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Button Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Button Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Avoca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Avoca Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Avoca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sextonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sextonville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sextonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lone Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Rock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978341 <3>
- Bear Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bear Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- North Otter Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Otter Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Otter Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Willow Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Valley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ash Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ash Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ash Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mayfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Creek Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine River Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- St. Killian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Killian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Killian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dawson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dawson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Killian 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 in 1895, Gotham had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gotham, with the one closest to Gotham listed first.
- Avoca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Twin Bluffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Bluffs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs
- Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
- Sextonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sextonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Orion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Muscoda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Bear Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Keyesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
- Keyesville is located in Richland County
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Balmoral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Basswood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wyoming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Spring Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyoming
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gotham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gotham.
Newspapers Published in Gotham ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gotham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gotham, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gotham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Gotham:
- 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 Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford 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
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau 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
- Vernon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Richland County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Richland County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gotham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Richland County: www.co.richland.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Gotham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Gotham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gotham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2233, Longitude: -90.2915 In this case, the coordinates for Gotham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |