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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Gotham is located in Richland County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of 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)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Lone Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Aubrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Bear Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Balmoral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Boaz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Gillingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Hub City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- 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)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Boydtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Bell Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Gays Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Steuben
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- 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)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Elvers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Blue Mounds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Black Earth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- 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)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Blue River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Montfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Boscobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Livingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Fennimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Stitzer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Werley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Woodman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Mount Ida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- 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)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Pleasant Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Cobb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Hyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Arena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Dodgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Cassell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Linden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Juneau County
- Wonewoc
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- 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)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Lime Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Leland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Loganville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Witwen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Ironton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Rock Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- La Valle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- North Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Reedsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- 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)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Readstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- La Farge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Gotham - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Avoca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sextonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Otter Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ash Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- St. Killian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<2>
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)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Twin Bluffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs
- Sextonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Orion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Muscoda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Bear Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Keyesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Keyesville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Balmoral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Neptune
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Basswood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Basswood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wyoming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Spring Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
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]<3>. 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 first turn to 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
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Gotham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |