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 Highland (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 Highland. 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 northwest 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 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.
Highland is located in Iowa 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 Iowa County: Dane, Grant, Green, Lafayette, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:
- Iowa County (The home county of Highland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former names for Centreville:
- Dry Bone Post Office
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Edmund
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Avoca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Dodgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Rewey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Mineral Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Ridgeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Hyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Arena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Boydtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Steuben
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Wauzeka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Bell Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Gays Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Elvers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Mazomanie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Montfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Muscoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Livingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Annaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Blue River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Stitzer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Fennimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Boscobel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Mount Ida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Woodman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Platteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Calamine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Elk Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Blanchardville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Balmoral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Lone Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Aubrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Richland Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Boaz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Neptune
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Gillingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Sabin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Hub City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Spring Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Leland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Witwen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Highland ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Highland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Highland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Highland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Highland.
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 Highland:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Iowa County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
Cemeteries Near Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.
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 Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Blabaum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blabaum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blabaum Cemetery
- Enger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enger Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
- St. Malachy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Malachy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Malachy Cemetery
- Pipal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pipal Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Avoca Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Avoca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Avoca Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
- Rock Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- The Rock Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88835 <3>
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Laxey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laxey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laxey Cemetery
- North Otter Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Otter Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Otter Creek Cemetery
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Cemetery
- Laxey 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 Highland had a population of 751 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Highland had a population of 826 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Former names for Centreville:
- Dry Bone Post Office
- Dry Bone
- Montfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Cobb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Edmund
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Livingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Muscoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Avoca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Orion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Lancaster Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
- Annaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mifflin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Gotham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mifflin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Iowa County: www.iowacounty.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0464, Longitude: -90.3790 In this case, the coordinates for Highland 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 Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |